Areas that have been limed range to neutral. The B horizon has hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 8. Texture ranges from loamy fine sand to coarse sand in the fine-earth fraction. Structure is very weak or weak, very fine to coarse, granular, or is single grain. Rock fragments range from 20 to 75 percent, and include up to 10 percent cobbles and stones.
Reaction ranges from extremely acid to slightly acid.
The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. Texture ranges from loamy sand to coarse sand in the fine-earth fraction, and is commonly stratified. Rock fragments range from 30 to 70 percent, and include up to 10 percent cobbles and stones. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid. Bonaparte soils are slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline in the substratum.