Texture is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, or sandy clay. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid. The C horizon typically is stratified sandy clay loam, sandy loam, or clay loam. The loamy materials are reddish or brownish. Thin to thick layers of weakly cemented sandstone are in some pedons.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid.
Soils in the same family are Appling , Aragon , Cecil , Chestatee , Georgeville , Herndon , Hulett , Kolmoki, Madison , Mayodan , Nankin , Pacolet , Spotsylvania , and Wedower. Similar competing series include Alto , Bub , Cuthbert , Kirvin , Luverne , Meth , Nacogdoches , Redsprings , Sacul , Sweatman , and Trawick . The Appling, Cecil, Chestatee, Georgeville, Herndon, Hulett, Madison, Mayodan, Palolet, Spotsylvania, and Wedowee soils formed in acid residuum on the Piedmont uplands and are underlain by residium, saprolite, or crystalline rock. The Alto, Bub, Meth, Nacogdoches, Redsprings, and Trawick soils have a base saturation of more than 35 percent within 50 inches below the top of the argillic horizon. The Aragon soils have chert fragments throughout.