The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 2 through 4. It is loam or silt loam in the fine earth fraction. It has weak or moderate fine to coarse granular or subangular blocky structure. It is friable or very friable. Some pedons have a BA horizon below the A horizon.
Texture is loam or silt loam in the fine-earth fraction.
Structure is weak or moderate medium or fine subangular blocky. The horizons are friable or firm. Redoximorphic accumulations may be present. The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR through 5Y, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is loam or silt loam in the fine-earth fraction, with less than 35 percent sand, and with individual subhorizons ranging to clay loam or silty clay loam, but averaging less than 28 percent clay.