The fine earth fraction of the A and E horizons are loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or rarely silt loam. Severely eroded areas are also sandy clay loam or clay loam in some pedons. Many pedons have a transitional horizon between the A or E and the Bt horizon. The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR or 2.5YR, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 6 or 8. In some pedons, the Bt horizon also has hue of 7.5YR in the upper part and value of 3 in the lower part.
Mottles are in shades of brown, yellow and red.
The fine earth fraction is clay loam or sandy clay loam except the upper part ranges to loam and the lower part ranges to clay or sandy clay in some pedons. In the particle size control section, clay content averages between 25 and 35 percent, sand content between 20 and 55 percent and silt content is more than 20 percent. Soils in the same family are the Addielou , Allen , Avilla , Bama , Etowah , Holston , Ironcity , Leesburg , Minvale , Noboco , Octavia , Orangeburg , Pikeville , Ruston , and Warnock series. Allielou soils have an A horizon more than 20 inches thick. Bama soils are free of rock fragments.