Base saturation ranges from 10 to 30 percent throughout the B and BC horizons. The A horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 1 to 4. Texture is a very fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, silty clay loam, clay loam, silty clay, or clay. The Bw horizon has hue of 10R to 5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 4 to 8. Iron accumulations are in shades of brown and iron depletions are in shades of gray.
Texture is clay or silty clay.
The Bss and BCss horizons have hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 3. Iron accumulations in shades of red range from few to many within a depth of 20 inches. Texture is clay or silty clay. There are the Bayoudan and Vaiden series in the same family, and the Brooksville , Burkville, Lacerda , Lebeau , Louin , Morse , Naclina , Redco , Tahoula , Terouge , Vamont , and Zilaboy series in related families. Bayoudan soils are moderately well drained and have gypsum crystals in the lower part of the solum.