Clay content of the control section is 35 to 60 percent. Most pedons are calcareous throughout. The surface has 0 to 5 percent stones. The A horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 4. It is either too thin or too low in organic matter or both to qualify as a mollic epipedon when moist values are 3.
Texture is clay loam, silty clay loam, silty clay or clay.
Clay content ranges from 30 to 60 percent. In most pedons, limestone fragments comprise about 1 to 15 percent but range to 30 percent in some pedons. The Bw or By horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. Texture is silty clay loam, silty clay or clay. Clay content ranges from 35 to 60 percent.