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Ecological site R011XY021OR
Shallow South Slopes 8-11 PZ
Last updated: 9/23/2020
Accessed: 08/16/2024
General information
Provisional. A provisional ecological site description has undergone quality control and quality assurance review. It contains a working state and transition model and enough information to identify the ecological site.
MLRA notes
Major Land Resource Area (MLRA): 011X–Snake River Plains
Major Land Resource Area (MLRA): 011X – Snake River Plains
Precipitation or Climate Zone: 8-11” P.Z.
Ecological site concept
Site does not receive additional moisture
Soils are:
Not saline or saline sodic
Shallow to moderately deep, with >35% coarse fragments (by volume) with a mixture of fragment sizes <3” and >3”, skeletal
not strongly or violently effervescent in the surface mineral 10”
Textures range from silt loam to silty clay loam in the surface mineral 4”
Slope is <30%
Clay content is =<35% in surface mineral 4”
Site does not have an argillic horizon with >35% clay
Associated sites
R011XY012OR |
Silty 8-11 PZ Silty 8-11 PZ (non-aspect, higher production) |
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R011XY013OR |
Clayey 8-11 PZ Clayey 8-11 PZ (non-aspect, different composition) |
R011XY016OR |
Sandy 8-11 PZ Sandy 8-11 PZ (non-aspect, different composition) |
R011XY018OR |
Shallow Loam 8-11 PZ Shallow Loam 8-11 PZ (non-apect, different composition) |
R011XY032OR |
Silty North Slopes 8-11 PZ Silty North Slopes 8-11 PZ (north aspect, different composition) |
R011XY034OR |
Sandy North Slopes 8-11 PZ Sandy North Slopes 8-11 PZ (north aspect, different composition) |
Similar sites
R011XY018OR |
Shallow Loam 8-11 PZ Shallow Loam 8-11 PZ (non-aspect, higher production, different composition – Thurber’s needlegrass dominant) |
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Table 1. Dominant plant species
Tree |
Not specified |
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Shrub |
(1) Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis |
Herbaceous |
(1) Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis |
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