Reaction is moderately acid to extremely acid throughout except where limed or irrigated with alkaline water. Texture is sand or fine sand. Some pedons have mottles in shades of gray, yellow, and brown. Texture is sand or fine sand. Combined thickness of the A and E horizons is less than 20 inches.
Texture is sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand.
Sand grains in this horizon are coated with organic matter. The organic carbon content in the Bh horizon is 0.60 to 4 percent. The Bh part is fragments of Bh material. In some pedons only a BC horizon exists without weakly cemented fragments. In some pedons, there are two sequa of E' and Bh' horizons below a depth of about 40 inches.