Becket, Hermon , and Worth soils occupy adjacent areas of glacial till. Colton soils are excessively drained associates. Moderately well drained. The water table normally drops to below reach of plant roots with the advent of the growing season. Some areas have been cleared and are largely reverting to brush, with bracken, blueberry, gray birch and aspen cover.
Some areas remain cropped to grass hay.
Woodlands support sugar maple, yellow birch, hemlock, white pine, red spruce, and balsam fir. Northern parts of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Possibly northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The soils are of moderate extent. Oxford County, Maine, 1948.