The E horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam. Reaction is strongly acid to neutral. The B horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 3 to 6. It is silty clay loam or silt loam.
Reaction is very strongly acid to slightly acid.
The 2B horizon has hue of 10YR, 7.5YR, and rarely 5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 3 to 8 and often mottled with chroma of 2 or less. It is clay loam, loam, silt loam, silty clay loam and rarely sandy clay loam. Sand content increases with depth. Reaction is very strongly acid to slightly acid. Content of coarse fragments ranges from 0 to 5 percent.