It is commonly mottled with these colors or has a mottled martix. The reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid in the upper part amd ranges from very strongly acid to neutral in the lower part. The C horizon has colors in shades of brown, yellow, or gray. It is shale or shale and marl with clay texture. The material is in varigated layers, platy, or weakly bedded.
Effervescence is very slight or slight in some pedons.
The reaction ranges from moderately acid to moderately alkaline. There are no other series in this family. Closely similar series include the Naclina , Moswell , Raylake , Redco , and Woodtell . Naclina soils are more acid in the upper 20 inches and are well drained. Moswell and Woodtell soils have a loamy surface layer and a argillic horizon.