The E horizon has hue 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is fine sandy loam or very fine sandy loam. The upper Bt horizons have hue 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 6 to 8. Texture is loam, sandy clay loam or clay loam. The lower part of the Bt horizons have hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 6 to 8.
Texture is fine sandy loam, loam or sandy clay loam.
Iron concentrations are few to many in shades of yellow, brown, or red. Plinthite ranges from 1 to 4 percent. These include the Addielow, Allen , Avilla , Bama , Dubach , Etowah , Holston , Ironcity , Leesburg , Lytle , Minvale , Nella , Noboco , Octavia , Pikeville , Ruston , Sailes , and Warnock series in the same family. Addielow soils have an ochric pedon more than 20 inches thick and the upper Bt horizons have a yellower hue. Avilla and Pikeville soils have more than 15 percent coarse fragments in the lower Bt.