The Ap or A horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 through 4. Texture is silt loam or loam in the fine earth fraction. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to moderately acid. The B horizon has hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 3 through 6. In some pedons there are redoximorphic features in the lower part of the B horizon.
Texture is silt loam, loam or fine sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction.
Structure is subangular blocky, prismatic or granular. Consistence is very friable or friable. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid. The BC horizon has hue, value and chroma similar to the B horizon. Fine-earth texture is sandy loam, silt loam or loam.