Some pedons have an E or E' horizon up to 3 inches thick below the B horizon. It has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 2 or 3, and has redoximorphic features. Typically, it is coarser-textured than the overlying horizon. The Cd horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4. It commonly has redoximorphic features.
Texture is loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or coarse sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction.
The horizon has weak medium to very thick plates, or it is massive. Consistence is firm or very firm. The Rainbow , Sutton , and Wilbraham series are currently in the same family. Wapping and Watchaug are soils in similar families. Sutton, Wapping, and Watchaug soils do not have a dense substratum.