Ecological site group 034BESG06
Loamy 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 Sandy Loam or sandier 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, structural benches, 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
- R034BY002UT–Alkali Bottom (Alkali sacaton)
- R034BY006UT–Alkali Flat (Greasewood)
- R034BY009UT–Loamy Bottom (Basin Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY011UT–River Flood Plain (Fremont Cottonwood)
- R034BY018UT–Semiwet Fresh Streambank (Fremont Cottonwood)
- R034BY103UT–Desert Clay (Castlevalley saltbush)
- R034BY106UT–Desert Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY112UT–Desert Sand (Fourwing Saltbush)
- R034BY115UT–Desert Sandy Loam (Indian Ricegrass)
- R034BY118UT–Desert Shallow Loam (Black Sagebrush)
- R034BY121UT–Desert Shallow Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY133UT–Desert Very Steep Shallow Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY205UT–Semidesert Gravelly Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY206UT–Semidesert Gravelly Sandy Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY209UT–Semidesert Loam (Salina wildrye)
- R034BY212UT–Semidesert Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY216UT–Semidesert Sandy Loam (Fourwing Saltbush)
- R034BY233UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R034BY247UT–Semidesert Stony Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R034BY306UT–Upland Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY330UT–Upland Stony Loam (Pinyon-Utah Juniper)
- R034BY338UT–Upland Very Steep Loam (Pinyon-Utah Juniper)
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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