This state is representative of the relatively undisturbed state of this ecosite. This site occurs on relatively young cinder cones and ash flows of Sunset Crater. All of the vegetation on this site is in early succession. There is slight variation within the different phases of this state, differing slightly from Ponderosa pine overstory with warm-season grasses and shrub understory to nearly bare cinders with only sparse shrubs and patchy herbaceous litter.
Submodel
1.1. Ponderosa pine-Apache plume
1.2. Ponderosa Pine-Apache Plume-Blue Grama
1.3. Bare Ground-Patchy Litter
Model keys
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