The A or Ap horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3. The A horizon is loam, silt loam, sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or fine sandy loam. Some pedons have an Ab horizon that has the same color and texture range as the A horizon. The Bw horizon where present, has hue of 2.5Y to 5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. Few to many mottles of chroma 2 or less are below a depth of 20 inches in some pedons.
Texture is loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or silt loam.
The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 8. Mottles, if they occur, are in shades of red, brown, yellow, olive, or gray. Texture is variable, ranging from coarse sand to loam in the fine-earth fraction. Strata containing 15 to 50 percent by volume gravel and cobbles are below a depth of 40 inches in some pedons. These are the Edgewick and Nekoma series in the same family and the Barbourville , Beulah , Codorus , Colvard , Comus , Congaree , Haywood , Reddies , Toccoa , Toxaway , and Transylvania series in closely related families.