The Bw2 horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8. Texture of the fine-earth fraction is dominantly fine sandy loam but includes loam and very fine sandy loam. Structure of the Bw is weak granular or subangular blocky or the horizon is massive. The 2C horizon typically has hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 2 or 3, but includes a hue of 10YR with chroma of 4 to 6. The texture of the fine-earth fraction is loamy fine sand or coarser.
Structure is single grain or massive and consistence is friable, very friable or loose.
Thin lenses or small pockets of firm or very firm finer textured material are common below 36 to 40 inches. These are the Agawam , Barnstable , Branford , Haven , and Narragansett series. The Agawam, Branford, and Haven soils have stratified sand or sand and gravel in the series control section. In addition, the Branford soils have hues redder than 7.5YR throughout the B horizon. Barnstable soils formed in till over outwash and have less than 30 percent fine sand in the lower part of the Bw horizon.