The BC horizon, where present, has properties similar to the Bt horizon. The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR, l0YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 8. It commonly is stratified in color or texture or both. Textures include sandy loam, loamy sand, sand, loam, silt loam, or sandy clay loam. Clay content averages 5 to 25 percent.
Reaction ranges from moderately acid to very strongly acid.
These competing series did not form in cretacious deposits. Beech soils average 15 to 35 percent rock fragments in the particle-size control section. Blocher and Dormont soils average less than 25 percent sand in the particle-size control section. In addition, Dormont soils have a paralithic contact at depths below 48 inches. Cadmus soils have carbonates below depths of 24 inches.