Fine-earth texture in the upper part of the Bt horizon is clay loam, silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay. It is silty clay or clay in the lower part. The BC horizon, where present, has hue of 2.5YR through 10YR, value of 3 through 6, and chroma of 3 through 8. Most BC horizons are multicolored and have a dominant matrix color. Some have mixed colors.
Texture is silty clay or clay in the fine-earth fraction.
Some pedons have slickensides. The C horizon, where present, is yellowish red or reddish yellow with few to many parent material related masses in shades of yellow, brown or red. The texture is silty clay or clay in the fine-earth fraction. These are the Canmer , Doniphan and Macedonia series in the same family. Canmer soils formed in old alluvial material and have rock fragments of quartz or quartzite.