The E horizon is 1 or 2 units of value or chroma higher than the A horizon. The A and E horizons are fine sandy loam, in the fine earth fraction. In some pedons, they contain as much as 65 percent siliceous pebbles. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid except where limed. The boundary between the E and Bt horizon is abrupt over the subsoil crests and clear in subsoil troughs.
Texture is fine sandy loam, or sandy clay loam.
It is thickest in subsoil troughs and absent or thinnest on subsoil crests. The Btss or Bt horizons have hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7 and chroma of 2 to 6. They have few to many redoximorphic features in shades of red, gray, brown or yellow. Some pedons have matrix that are dominated by redoximorphic features of these colors. Texture is mainly clay, however, some lower Btss horizons are clay loam.