The Chequest soils contain more clay and are more acid. The Coppock and Vesser soils have E horizons. Wabash soils contain more clay throughout the solum. Permeability is moderate. The soils are subject to flooding.
Some small areas are in woods and bluegrass pasture.
Native vegetation was sedges and prairie grasses. Southern and southeastern Iowa and possibly northern Missouri. The series is inextensive. Des Moines County, Iowa, 1980. In Lee County, Iowa, this soil was included in mapping with the Chequest series.