The BC horizon has hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 4. It is silt loam, loam, or very fine sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. It has weak or moderate, medium to very thick platy structure or weak to strong, coarse or very coarse prismatic parting to weak or moderate, medium to very thick platy or it is massive. Consistence is firm or very firm, nonsticky or slightly sticky and nonplastic or slightly plastic. Some pedons have an E' horizon that has characteristics similar to those of the BC horizon.
Reaction is very strongly acid to moderately acid.
The Cd horizon has hue of 2.5Y, 5Y, or 5GY, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 through 4. It is silt loam, loam or very fine sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. It has weak or moderate, thin to very thick platy structure or weak to strong, coarse or very coarse prismatic that may part to platy, all of which is inherited from the parent material, or the horizon is massive. Consistence is firm or very firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic or plastic. Reaction is strongly acid to neutral.