The Ap or A horizon has hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 3 through 5 and chroma of 2 through 4. It is silt loam, very fine sandy loam or fine sandy loam. The horizon is friable or very friable, and reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid, unless limed. The EB horizon has hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 3 through 5. It ranges from silt loam to fine sandy loam.
Structure is subangular blocky or platy, and consistence is friable or very friable.
Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral. Some pedons have an E horizon with value of 5 through 7 and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is similar to the EB horizon. The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 through 5 and chroma from 2 through 4, with the lowest chroma being inherited from weathered dark shale. Texture is silt loam, very fine sandy loam, or silty clay loam.