The A horizon has hue of 10YR and 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is clay, silty clay, silty clay loam or clay loam and their stony counterparts. Some pedons contain a few concretions of calcium carbonate. The Bk horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. Concretions and soft masses of calcium carbonate range from common to many.
Texture is clay, silty clay, or clay loam.
The C horizon is in shades of olive, brown, or gray. It is weathered shale or interbedded shale with clayey and loamy soil materials. Concretions and soft masses of calcium carbonates range from few to common. Carbonates usually decrease with depth and are absent in some pedons. There are no series in the same family.