Ecological site group 034BESG14
Shallow
Last updated: 05/09/2023
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: 30-55cm
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 hills, structural benches, and cuestas.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R034BY233UT Semidesert Shallow Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon).
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 034B
Warm Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus
Subclasses
- R034BY106UT–Desert Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY112UT–Desert Sand (Fourwing Saltbush)
- R034BY118UT–Desert Shallow Loam (Black Sagebrush)
- R034BY121UT–Desert Shallow Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY130UT–Desert Shallow Sandy Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY133UT–Desert Very Steep Shallow Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY212UT–Semidesert Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY214UT–Semidesert Sand (Fourwing Saltbush)
- R034BY221UT–Semidesert Shallow Clay (Utah Juniper)
- R034BY225UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Wyoming big sagebrush)
- R034BY227UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Black Sagebrush)
- R034BY230UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Salina Wildrye)
- R034BY233UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R034BY239UT–Semidesert Shallow Sandy Loam (Utah Juniper/Two-Needle Pinyon)
- R034BY255UT–Semidesert Very Steep Shallow Clay (Utah Juniper)
- R034BY315UT–Upland Shallow Clay Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R034BY322UT–Upland Shallow Loam (Two-Needle Pinyon / Utah Juniper)
- R034BY340UT–Upland Very Steep Shallow Clay Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R034BY342UT–Upland Very Steep Shallow Loam (Pinyon-Utah Juniper)
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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