The lower part of the C horizon has hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. Chroma of 2 is related to the color of the parent material and is not indicative of wetness. Texture ranges from fine sandy loam to coarse sand. It is massive or single grain, and the consistence is very friable or loose. These are the Berkshire , Houghtonville , Rawsonville and Tunbridge series.
Berkshire soils have more rock fragments in the control section and formed in loamy till.
Rawsonville and Tunbridge soils are moderately deep. Groveton soils are on terraces adjacent to flood plains and on glaciolacustrine landforms dominated by micaceous and siliceous materials with variable amounts of phyllites. Slope is dominantly 0 to 15 percent, but ranges to 60 percent on escarpments. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 30 to 50 inches. Mean annual temperature ranges from 42 to 46 degrees F., and the mean growing season ranges from 90 to 110 days.