Other nearby soils are the Boonton , Haledon , Penn , and Rowland soils. Boonton and Haledon soils are on more sloping uplands capped with glacial till. Penn soils are shaly and 20 to 40 inches to shale bedrock. Rowland soils are moderately well to somewhat poorly drained soils on floodplains. Dunellen soils are well drained.
Permeability is moderate in the solum and moderately rapid in the substratum.
Runoff is slow to medium. Dunellen soils are principally used for community development. Most remaining areas are idle on the urban fringe and some areas are used for pasture, hay or general crops. Trees in wooded areas include red, white and black oak, hickory, red maple, and ash. Bernardsville area, New Jersey, 1919.