The organic material is 16 to 51 inches thick. These soils are saturated with water unless drained. Fibers are mostly from grasses and sedges but pedons contain up to 10 percent wood fragments. The organic layers are dominated by sapric material. The bottom tier is generally highest in fiber content.
Reaction is extremely acid through medium acid.
It is silt loam, loam, sandy loam, or silty clay loam. Reaction is medium acid or slightly acid. It has 0 to 60 percent pebbles. It is sand to clay in the fine earth fraction. Some pedons are nongravelly, gravelly, or very gravelly, coarse fragments range from 0 to 60 percent.