Rock fragment content is 1 to 10 percent. Reaction is neutral or slightly alkaline. It is loam or fine sandy loam and averages 10 to 20 percent clay and 45 to 60 percent sand. Rock fragment content is 1 to 10 percent. Calcium carbonate equivalent ranges from 15 to 50 percent.
Reaction is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
Beech soils average more than 10 percent rock fragments in the upper part of the series control section. Blocher and Rainsville soils are more than 40 inches to the base of the argillic horizon. Cadmus soils average more than 40 percent sand in the second part of the control section. Dormont and El Dara soils are more acid than slightly alkaline in the lower part of the series control section. Glenhall and Octagon soils have a dry value of less than 6 in the upper part of the series control section.