Solum thickness ranges from 6O to more than 80 inches. The A and E horizons of some pedons have pebbles of ironstone up to 5 percent. The subsoil of some pedons contain up to 3 percent plinthite. All horizons are strongly acid, or very strongly acid, except those surface soils that have been limed. Where the value is 3, the horizon is less than 7 inches thick.
Texture is sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand or loamy fine sand.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 4 through 8, and chroma of 1 through 4. Texture is sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy fine sand or loamy sand. The BE horizon, where present, has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 through 7, and chroma of 3 through 8. Texture is loamy sand or loamy fine sand. The Bt1 horizon has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 through 7 and chroma of 2 through 8.