Gloucester

Taxonomic class

Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts 

Parent material

Sandy, stony till from granite and gneiss

Topography

Somewhat excessively drained morainal uplands and ridges

Geographic extent

New England

Use

Mainly in forest, some hay, pasture and silage corn

Vegetation

Oaks, gray birch, white pine, maples and hemlock

Climate

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