The 2Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is silt loam and averages 15 to 26 percent clay and 15 to 32 percent sand. Reaction is strongly acid or very strongly acid. The 3Btb horizon has hue of 7.5YR, 5YR or 2.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. Hue of 5YR or redder is in some part, and hue ranges to 10YR in the lower part.
Texture is sandy clay loam, sandy loam, loam, and their gravelly analogues.
Clay content averages 10 to 30 percent and sand content is 45 to 70 percent. Rock fragments, mainly gravel, range from 0 to 25 percent. Reaction is strongly acid or very strongly acid. These are the Bearthicket , Cidermill , Elk , Elkinsville , Olephant , Parke , Rickert , Rosine , Tobinsport , Vernonia , Wellrock , and Wellston series. Cidermill, Elk, Elkinsville, Rosine, Vernonia, Wellrock, and Wellston soils are less than 80 inches to the base of the argillic horizon.