Consistence is very friable to firm, some pedons may have a BC horizon. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid. The 2C horizon has hue of 5YR through 5Y, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 2 through 4. It ranges from sand to extremely gravelly loamy sand. The material is commonly single grain and loose with some pedons having discontinuous subhorizons that are weakly cemented.
Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral.
Currently, there are no other series in the same family. The Enfield series were in the same family, but have not been updated to the 8th Edition of the Keys to Soil Taxonomy. Enfield soils have rock fragments dominated by acid igneous and metamorphic rocks. The Abenaki , Alton , Barbour , Chenango , Hadley , Hamlin , Hartland , Haven , Merrimac , Pompton , Pope , Riverhead , Scio , Tioga , and Unadilla series are members of similar families. Alton and Chenango soils contain more rock fragments in the solum.