The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR through 10YR, value of 4 through 6 and chroma of 4 through 8. Texture is silty clay or silty clay loam. High and low chroma mottles of are present in the lower part of the Bt horizon. Texture is silty clay or silty clay loam. The C horizon has a hue of 5YR through 10YR value of 4 through 7 and chroma of 1 through 6.
Texture is clay loam, silty clay loam, silty clay or clay.
Varving is evident in the C horizon of some pedons. These are the Cruze , Donlonton , Flatwoods , Keyport and Latham series in the same family. The Cruze soils formed in colluvium or residuum and typically contain more than 3 percent sandstone rock fragments in the control section. Donlonton soils formed in old marine sediment on the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain, contain moderate amounts of glauconite in the profile, and have texture of sandy clay or sandy clay loam in the Bt horizon. Flatwoods soils is moderately deep to shale bedrock and formed in residuum.