Exclusive of loose surface litter or mosses, it is sapric or hemic material with an unrubbed fiber content that ranges from 20 to 50 percent. The subsurface tier has colors similar to the surface tier. It is dominantly sapric material, but thin hemic layers are common. Unrubbed fiber content ranges from about 20 to 90 percent. The C horizon has hue of 5Y through 5YR, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 1 through 6.
Texture is clay, silty clay, silty clay loam, or clay loam.
Thin layers in some pedons have more sand or silt and less clay. Rock fragments are usually absent but range to 5 percent by volume in some pedons. There are no other series in this family. The Carbondale , Cathro , Dora , Lupton , Markey , Ossipee , Rondeau , Seeleyville, and Willette series are in closely related families. Carbondale, Lupton, and Seeleyville soils do not have a mineral layer 12 inches or more thick that has its upper boundary in the control section below the surface tier.