Solum thickness ranges from 50 to 80 inches or more. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to strongly acid throughout the solum. It is extremely acid or very strongly acid in more than half the thickness of the upper 20 inches. Base saturation ranges from 10 to 30 percent throughout the B and BC horizons. The A horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 1 to 4.
Texture is a very fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, silty clay loam, clay loam, silty clay, or clay.
The Bw horizon has hue of 10R to 5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 4 to 8. Iron accumulations are in shades of brown and iron depletions are in shades of gray. Texture is clay or silty clay. The Bss and BCss horizons have hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 3. Iron accumulations in shades of red range from few to many within a depth of 20 inches.