Ecological site group 034BESG04
Finer Uplands
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 and <30% subsurface
- Clay <30% surface and <35% subsurface
- Sand <75% or texture is Sandy Loam or finer in surface & subsurface
- Clay >20% or texture is finer than Sandy Loam in surface
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 alluvial fans.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R034BY212UT Semidesert Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush).
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 034B
Warm Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus
Subclasses
- R034BY006UT–Alkali Flat (Greasewood)
- R034BY009UT–Loamy Bottom (Basin Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY021UT–Wet Fresh Streambank (Willow)
- R034BY026UT–Wet Saline Streambank (Coyote willow)
- R034BY103UT–Desert Clay (Castlevalley saltbush)
- R034BY106UT–Desert Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY109UT–Desert Loamy Clay (Shadscale)
- R034BY115UT–Desert Sandy Loam (Indian Ricegrass)
- R034BY117UT–Desert Shallow Clay (Mat Saltbush)
- R034BY205UT–Semidesert Gravelly Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY212UT–Semidesert Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY240UT–Semidesert Silt Loam (Winterfat)
- R034BY306UT–Upland Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY329UT–Upland Silt Loam (Fourwing saltbush/Winterfat)
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Travis Nauman
Curtis Talbot
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