The BE horizon has hue of l0YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam. Reaction is very strongly acid to moderately acid. The Bt horizon has hue of l0YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8. In some pedons, it has mottles in shades of gray, brown or red in the lower part.
Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam.
Reaction is extremely acid to moderately acid. The 2Btx horizon has hue of l0YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8, or with hue of 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 or 6, and mottled in shades of gray and red, or it is a mottled horizon in shades of gray, brown, and red. Texture of the fine-earth is silt loam, loam, or silty clay loam. The upper part of the 2Btx horizon has 0 to 35 percent by volume angular chert fragments and the lower part of the 2Btx horizon has 0 to 70 percent by volume chert fragments. Reaction is extremely acid to moderately acid.