Kalkaska soils are common associates on beach ridges and dunes. Surface runoff is slow or very slow. Permeability is rapid. Most areas are in second growth timber. The present vegetation is dominantly sugar maple, red maple, hemlock, yellow birch, quaking aspen, white birch, pin cherry, bigtooth aspen, and ironwood.
Small areas are idle cropland, pasture, hayland, or tree plantations.
The series is of moderate extent. St. Paul, Minnesota. Houghton County, Michigan, 1987.