Some pedons have a thin E horizon below the B horizon. It has hue of 5YR to 5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 or 3. Typically, it is coarser-textured than the overlying B horizon. The Cd horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 6. It commonly has redoximorphic features.
Texture is loam, silt loam, or fine sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction.
The horizon has weak or moderate, medium to very thick plates, or it is massive. Consistence is firm or very firm. There are no other soils in this family. The Chautauqua , Pittstown , Pompton , Rainbow , Sutton , Wapping , Watchaug , Wilbraham , and Woodbridge soils are in closely related families. Chautauqua, Pompton, Sutton, Wapping, and Watchaug soils do not have a dense substratum.