The Bhs, or Bh, horizon has hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture is coarse sand, sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand in the fine-earth fraction. Some pedons have thin horizons of fine sandy loam. It has granular structure, or it is massive. It is very friable or friable, with or without cemented masses.
Reaction is extremely acid to moderately acid.
The Bs horizon has hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. Texture is coarse sand, sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand in the fine-earth fraction. Some pedons have thin horizons of fine sandy loam. It has granular structure or subangular blocky, or it is massive or single grain. Reaction is moderately acid to extremely acid.