The Bw horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 through 7 and 2 through 5 moist, and chroma of 2 or 3. It typically is silt loam and in some pedons silty clay loam. This horizon is slightly acid through moderately alkaline. Some pedons have a Bk horizon. The Bk and C horizons have hue of 10YR, 7.5YR, or 2.5Y, value of 4 through 8 and 4 through 6 moist, and chroma of 2 through 4.
Texture is silt loam or very fine sandy loam.
Reaction is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline. These are the Bend , Homme and Nuckolls soils in the same family, and the Holdrege , Hord , Kenesaw , Lowry , Muir , Nora , Sully and Ulysses soils in closely related families. Bend soils have varves at depths less than 40 inches. Homme soils contain more clay in the upper part of the B horizon and formed in glacial sediments. Nuckolls soils have redder hue and are deeper to free carbonates.