Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid. The 2Bt2 or 2BE horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid. The 2Bt3 or 2Bt4 horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 to 6. Texture is commonly sandy clay loam, sandy loam, coarse sandy loam or their gravelly and very gravelly analogues, and less commonly clay loam or gravelly clay loam.
Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral.
A 2BC horizon, when present, has similar colors as the 2Bt horizon. It is sandy loam, coarse sandy loam or their gravelly or very gravelly analogues. The 3C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 or 4. It is stratified, and textures are dominantly gravelly or very gravelly analogues of loamy coarse sand or coarse sand, and includes strata of loamy sand, coarse sand, sand, and extremely gravelly sand. Clay content ranges from 2 to 5 percent.