Wooded or uncultivated areas have an A horizon 1 to 4 inches thick with hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. The BE horizon has hue of 10YR through 5YR, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 3 through 8. Texture is loamy fine sand, very fine sand, loamy very fine sand, or very fine sandy loam. The horizon is massive or single grain or has very weak or weak, fine or medium, granular or subangular blocky structure. It is loose to friable.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid through neutral.
Some pedons have a Bw or E horizon in place of the BE horizon. The E part of the E and Bt horizon has hue of 2.5Y through 5YR, value of 4 through 7 and chroma of 2 through 4. Texture is fine sand to loamy very fine sand. It is structureless or has weak or very weak granular or subangular blocky structure and is loose to very friable. The Bt part of the E and Bt horizon has hue of 5YR through 10YR, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 2 through 6.