The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or loam. The E horizon, if present, has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 8. It is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or loam. Mottles with chroma of 2 or less commonly are below a depth of 30 inches.
Texture is loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam.
The upper 20 inches of the Bt horizon has 18 to 30 percent clay and from 30 to 45 percent silt. Plinthite nodules range from about 5 to 25 percent by volume in the middle or lower part of the Bt horizon. These are the Bowie , Dothan , Malbis , Notcher , Otanya , Pinetucky , Rogan , and Tifton series. Bowie soils have greater than 2 milliequivalents calcium at 50 inches below the top of the argillic horizon and are dry in some part of the control section for more than 75 days in most years. Dothan and Notcher soils contain less than 20 percent silt in the control section.