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Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON05CBTSESAR Record

Event ID: S2012MA027001

Collector: Ed Ayres

Date: 2012-07-17

Locality: United States, Massachusetts, Worcester, Northeast (D01), Harvard Forest & Quabbin Watershed NEON (HARV), Harvard Forest Megapit, MP1 [Location ID: MEGAPT100973]

42.53562  -72.17562 +-4m.  WGS84

Verbatim Coordinates: 18N 732183.97796E 4713266.17907N

Elevation: 373 meters (1223ft)

Description: Soil sample from the megapit for archive

Sampling Protocol: NEON.DOC.001307vA

Notes: B/E--17 to 32 centimeters (6.7 to 12.6 inches); 90 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; few medium tubular and few fine dendritic tubular and few fine tubular pores; 5 percent nonflat subangular 75 to 250-millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent nonflat subangular 2 to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N03208

Record ID: bdf8d34b-9b0c-4881-935f-1cd0f78ec02b

NEON Sample Viewer: 1_HARVARD_PIT1_17-32_ARCHIVE_BW/E

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: NEON Megapit Archive (soilarchive@battelleecology.org)