The 2BCss horizon has colors in shades of gray, brown, olive, and yellow. Texture is clay with 10 to 20 percent more clay than the horizon above. Slickensides range from common to many. Hard pitted concretions or nodules of calcium carbonate range from none to few. Gypsum crystals and clusters of crystals range from few to about 5 percent.
Reaction ranges from slightly acid to moderately alkaline.
The 2C horizon, if encountered, is horizontally bedded clay, shale and weakly consolidated sandstone or dominantly one of these materials. The color is in shades mainly of gray, olive, yellow, or brown. Hard pitted concretions or nodules of calcium carbonate range from none to few. Gypsum crystals or clusters of crystals range from none to about 5 percent. Reaction is slightly acid to moderately alkaline.