All except Swansea are mineral soils. Swansea soils are on similar landforms and have less than 51 inches of organic material. The excessively drained Hinckley and Windsor soils and the very poorly drained Scarboro are on associated outwash landforms. The somewhat poorly and poorly drained Ridgebury and very poorly drained Whitman soils are on adjacent glacial till landforms. Very poorly drained.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid.
Native vegetation includes red maple, American elm, green ash, eastern hemlock, Atlantic white cedar, buttonbush, winterberry, swamp azales, and leatherleaf. Some acreage has been cleared and is used for truck crops. The main crop is cranberries. The series is of moderate extent. Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1979.