The A horizon is loam, silt loam, or silty clay loam in the fine-earth fraction. The B horizons have hue of 10R to 5YR in many pedons becoming redder with depth, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 4 to 8. The BE horizon ranges from silt loam to silty clay loam in the fine-earth fraction. The fine-earth fraction of the Bt horizon is dominantly clay or silty clay, but a subhorizon may be silty clay loam or clay loam that is high in silt and low in sand. The C horizon has wide range of color and is variegated in many pedons.
Texture ranges from silt loam to clay loam and silty clay loam.
These are the Alsup , Ebal , Fauquier , Lenberg , Needmore , Norton , Orenda , Peabody , Pisgah , and Poplimento series in the same family. Alsup soils have sedimentary bedrock at 40 to 60 inches. Ebal soils contain more than 15 percent by volume rock fragments in the upper part of the B horizon and have a lithologic discontinuity within the solum. Fauquier and Needmore soils have sola less than 40 inches thick. Lenberg soils have a paralithic contact within a depth of 40 inches.