The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 6 in the upper portion. Texture is silt loam, silty clay loam, or silty clay. The lower Bt has hue of 2.5Y, 10YR, or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8 with lithochromic mottles in shades of brown, red, olive, or gray. Texture of the lower Bt is silty clay or clay. The BC horizon, has hue of 2.5Y, 10YR, or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8, with lithochromic mottles in shades of brown, olive, or gray.
Texture is dominantly silty clay or clay, but also includes silty clay loam.
The C horizon, when present, has hue of 2.5Y, 10YR, or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 4 to 8 with lithochromic mottles in shades of brown, olive or gray or is a variegation of these colors. Texture ranges from silt loam to clay. The Cr horizon, when present is 5 to 20 inches thick, and has soft interbedded shale, siltstone and limestone. Below this is hard light gray limestone. Some of them may become competitors as their classification is updated to the eighth edition of taxonomy.