Rock fragment content ranges from 0 to 10 percent. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral. The E or BE horizon has hue of 2.5Y or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is loam, silt loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam. Rock fragment content ranges from 0 to 10 percent.
Reaction is commonly strongly acid or moderately acid but ranges to very strongly acid.
Some pedons do not have E or BE horizons. The Bt, Btg, B't, and B'tg horizons have hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 6. Some pedons have thin strata of sandy loam or fine sandy loam, or thin subhorizons with more than 35 percent clay. Rock fragment content ranges from 0 to 20 percent. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral.