The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 2 through 4. Dry value is 6 or more. Texture of the fine-earth fraction is silt loam or loam. The B horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 4 through 8. Texture of the fine-earth fraction is loam, silt loam, clay loam or silty clay loam with more than 40 percent silt.
Structure is weak or moderate subangular blocky or blocky, often arranged in prisms.
Some pedons have both low and high chroma mottles in the lower part of the B horizon but not in the top 24 inches of the argillic horizon. The BC horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 4 through 8. It is loam, silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam in the fine-earth fraction. The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 8 and chroma of 1 through 8. Texture of the fine-earth fraction ranges from sandy loam to silty clay loam.