These soils occur in depressions and drainageways and broad low flat areas in the flatwoods. They are saturated with water at depths of less than 10 inches or in depressional areas they are covered by shallow water during the summer rainy season. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent.
Textures are sand or fine sand.
The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or it is neutral with value of 2 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 2. Where the value is 3.5 or less, the horizon is less than 6 inches thick. The higher chromas are due to either uncoated sand grains or thin coatings of organic matter on sand grains. Limestone or shell fragments are at depths of more than 40 inches in some pedons. These are Dianola , Kesson , Plantation , Sanibel , and Tatton series in the same family, and Basinger , Charlotte, Hallandale , Margate , Moultrie , Mustang , Osier , and Valkaria series in closely similar families.