The solum is free or nearly free of coarse fragments and has a very low sand content, but the substratum may have up to 3 percent coarse fragments. Some pedons have an A horizon 1 to 5 inches thick with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 to 3. An E horizon, if present, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. The Ap horizon is silt loam or silty clay loam. It is neutral to strongly acid.
Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam.
It is moderately acid to very strongly acid. It is silty clay, clay, or silty clay loam. There is mottling in some pedons, including low-chroma mottles at a depth below the upper 10 inches of the argillic horizon. Structure is moderate or strong blocky and is arranged in weak to moderate medium to coarse prisms in some pedons. The 2Bt horizon is moderately acid to very strongly acid.