The E or BE horizon, where present, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 6. It is silt loam. Reaction is strongly acid to neutral. The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 5 and chroma of 3 to 8. Chroma is as low as 2 in the layer immediately above the 2Bt horizon.
Texture is silty clay loam or silty clay or their gravelly or very gravelly analogues.
It has from 0 to 35 percent gravel and 0 to 10 percent cobbles. Reaction is strongly acid to moderately alkaline. The 2Bt or 3Bt horizons have hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 6. Texture is silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay or their gravelly to very gravelly or channery to very channery analogs. Rock fragment content is 0 to 60 percent.