Rock fragments, mostly red sandstone or shale but including some subrounded quartzite and sandstone in the upper solum, range from 5 to 30 percent in the upper part of the solum, from 10 to 50 percent in the lower part of the solum, and 15 to 80 percent in the C horizon. Reaction ranges from extremely through strongly acid where unlimed. The A horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 through 4, and chroma of 2 through 4. It is loam, silt loam, or sandy loam, or gravelly or channery analogues. The E horizon, where present, has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4.
Texture is loam, silt loam, or sandy loam, or gravelly or channery analogues.
The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR through 10R, values of 3 through 5, and chroma of 3 through 6. It is loam, clay loam, silty clay loam, or silt loam with gravelly or channery analogues. Clay content ranges from 18 to 35 percent. Structure is subangular blocky or prismatic. Consistence is friable or firm.