The Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 1OYR, values of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 to 8. Mottles in shades of red and gray range from few to common. Mottles with chroma 2 or less are below a depth of 30 inches. Texture is sandy clay loam, clay loam, or loam. The upper 20 inches of the horizon contains between 18 and 30 percent clay.
Reaction ranges from strongly acid to medium acid.
Some pedons are mottled in shades of these colors. It is clay, clay loam, sandy clay, or sandy clay loam. The texture increases with depth and contains 35 to 50 percent clay in the lower part. About 5 to 15 percent of the horizon consists of pockets and vertical streaks of clean sand and silt. Reaction is very strongly or strongly acid.