Slope ranges from 3 to 35 percent. They formed in a loamy mantle over dense glacial till derived mostly from granite. Mean annual temperature is 50 degrees F., mean annual precipitation is 43 inches, and the growing season ranges from 190 to 220 days. They are also closely associated with the Canton soils which have friable substrata. Well drained, runoff is medium.
Permeability is moderately rapid in the solum and moderately slow in the substratum.
Surface stones and boulders limit use for most purposes. Some areas have been used for industrial development. Many small scattered areas are in urban uses. Common trees are northern red oak, white oak, shagbark hickory, sugar maple, eastern white pine, eastern hemlock, gray birch, and red maple. MLRA 144A in the Cape Ann area of northeastern Massachusetts.