Mean annual soil temperature at a depth of 20 inches ranges from 47 to 52 degrees Fahrenheit. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to medium acid. The A and Ap horizons have hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 and 3. A discontinued E horizon is present in some pedons. They are sandy loam, fine sandy loam, and loam, and their slaty analogues.
Structure is weak to strong, fine or medium granular.
Consistence is friable or very friable. The upper part of the B horizons has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 3 through 6. The lower part of the B horizons has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, with value of 3 through 5 and chroma of 2 through 6. Texture ranges from slaty coarse sandy loam through slaty fine sandy loam. Structure is weak or moderate, fine or medium granular, or is weak or moderate, very fine through medium blocky.