Ecological site group 034BESG03
Deep Rocky
Last updated: 05/08/2023
Accessed: 05/03/2024
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Uplands
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Surface SAR <8
- Gypsum <5% surface and <10% subsurface
- Subsurface EC <8 and surface EC <4
- EC <1.5 surface and <2 subsurface
- Slope <35% or <40% surface rock
- Depth >55cm
- Rock >30% surface or >30% subsurface
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.
Physiography
This ESG is located on fan remnants, mesas, and hillslopes.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R034BY106UT Desert Loam (Shadscale).
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 034B
Warm Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus
Subclasses
- R034BY009UT–Loamy Bottom (Basin Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY014UT–Semidry Stream Terrace (Basin Big Sagebrush-Skunkbush Sumac)
- R034BY019UT–Semiwet Streambank (Narrowleaf cottonwood)
- R034BY103UT–Desert Clay (Castlevalley saltbush)
- R034BY106UT–Desert Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY115UT–Desert Sandy Loam (Indian Ricegrass)
- R034BY202UT–Semidesert Bouldery Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY205UT–Semidesert Gravelly Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY206UT–Semidesert Gravelly Sandy Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY212UT–Semidesert Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY216UT–Semidesert Sandy Loam (Fourwing Saltbush)
- R034BY230UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Salina Wildrye)
- R034BY244UT–Semidesert Stony Loam (Salina Wildrye)
- R034BY247UT–Semidesert Stony Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R034BY250UT–Semidesert Very Steep Loam (Salina Wildrye)
- R034BY251UT–Semidesert Very Steep Loam (Wyoming big sagebrush)
- R034BY253UT–Semidesert Very Steep Loam (Utah Juniper - Pinyon)
- R034BY306UT–Upland Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY330UT–Upland Stony Loam (Pinyon-Utah Juniper)
- R034BY334UT–Upland Stony Loam (Wyoming big sagebrush)
- R034BY404CO–Semidesert Stony Loam (Shadscale)
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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