The dominant clay mineral in the upper part of the 2Btg horizon is smectite. The content of illitic clays increases with depth. The particle-size control section ranges from 35 to 45 percent clay, from10 to 35 percent sand, and from 0 to 5 percent gravel. It is silt loam or loam. Severely eroded pedons can be silty clay loam or clay loam.
Reaction is very strongly acid to neutral.
The E, EB, or BE horizon, where present, has value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 1 to 4. It is silt loam or silty clay loam. The Bt, Btg, 2Bt, or 2Btg horizon is neutral or has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 0 to 2. In some pedons the upper part of the Bt or 2Bt horizon has one or more subhorizons with dominant chroma of 3 or 4. Redoximorphic features have hue of 10YR, 7.5YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 8.