Hagerstown soil profile #2 by Ken Tamminga

Canon PowerShot SX10

Hagerstown soil is the basis of some of the most productive agricultural land in the state. It is formed from the Coburn and Bellefonte limestone formations of the Ridge & Valley physiographic province of central Pennsylvania.

USDA/NRCS's Official Soil Series Description: "deep and very deep, well drained soils formed in residuum of hard gray limestone. Slope ranges from 0 to 45 percent. Permeability is moderate."
for full description, see: www2.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/osd/dat/H/HAGERSTOWN.html 
for further information on the Coburn formation, see:
tin.er.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=PAOcn%3B15 
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PNDI plant community: Red Oak-Mixed Hardwood Forest (e.g. Red oak, White oak, Black oak, Red maple, hickory species; understory of arrowwood, serviceberry, hornbeam, hop-hornbeam, witch-hazel, and spicebush). For further detail, see:
www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/fikebook.aspx 
location: Larson Agricultural Research Center

coordinates:
latitude: 40.715586 longitude: -77.935236

for 360 deg. pan context, see:
gigapan.org/gigapans/51453/
GigaPanographers: Ken Tamminga, Rick Stehouwer