Adams soils are on nearby sand plains. Becket, Hermon, and Worth soils formed in glacial till and are on nearby uplands. Constable soils are common associates where ortstein layers are prominent. Duane soils are moderately well drained and on lower, nearby landscapes. Runoff is slow.
Permeability is rapid or very rapid in the solum and very rapid in the substratum.
Large areas are idle and support seedling birch and pine, bracken fern, and blueberries. Farmed areas are used mainly for grass hay or pasture with some corn and oats. Forests include sugar maple, eastern white pine, red pine, and white spruce. The series is extensive. St. Lawrence County, New York, 1925.