Reaction is medium or slightly acid. The B1 horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is loam, silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam. Reaction is medium or slightly acid. The B2t horizon has hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 4 to 6.
Texture is clay loam or silty clay loam.
Reaction is strongly to slightly acid in the upper part and medium acid to neutral in the lower part. The R layer is hard fractured limestone bedrock that is tilted less than 20 degrees from horizontal. These are Caspiana , Catoosa , Dardanelle , Deepwater , Mason , Mer Rouge , and Tiptonville series in the same family. Soils in similar families are Armistead , Ashwood , Benklin , Claremore , Clareson , Fitzhugh , Newtonia , Nowata , Okay , and Reelfoot series. Armistead, Benklin, and Reelfoot soils have wetness mottles within 16 inches of the surface.