Permeability is moderate in the solum and moderate or moderately slow in the substratum. Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F and mean annual precipitation is about 42 inches. Poocham very fine sandy loam on a 64 percent west facing slope in a forested site. Solum thickness ranges from 10 inches to 15 inches. Coarse fragments range from 0 to 5 percent throughout the soil.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid throughout.
Chroma of 2 or less are inherited from the parent material and are not indicative of aquic conditions. The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 2 to 5 and chroma of 1 to 4. Texture is silt loam or very fine sandy loam. The Bw horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6 and chroma of 2 to 6. Structure of the Bw horizon is weak or moderate, fine or medium, granular or subangular blocky.