Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed. Sandy fluvio-marine sediments that are highly siliceous. In some places, the sediments have been reworked by wind. Cultivated areas are used for corn, soybeans, hay, and truck crops.
Native vegetation is mixed oaks, sweetgum, red maple, pond pine and loblolly pine.
Klej soils were not correlated in the update survey Queen Annes County, MD, the previous type location. Inherently these soils have a low base status. Total thickness of the A, E, and Bh horizons is less than 6 inches and individual Bh horizons are less than 2 inches thick.