Textures include silty clay loam or silt loam. Clay content is 25 to 34 percent. Sand content is less than 15 percent. A stone line or a thin lens of sandy material is at the lower boundary of this horizon at the contact with glacial till. Some pedons have lenses of sandy loam or loamy sand as much as 10 inches thick between the loess and the glacial till.
Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid.
The 2Bt horizon has hues of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 and chroma of 4 to 8. It contains few to common redox features of both high and low chroma. Textures include loam, clay loam or sandy clay loam. Clay content is 20 to 28 percent. Some pedons have tongues or pockets of sand 2 to 5 inches wide.