Ecological site group DX035X02DESG21
Grand Canyon - Typic Aridic - Limy Upland
Last updated: 10/26/2022
Accessed: 05/02/2024
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Grand Canyon (D)
- Limy
- uplands slopes ≤ 15%
- typic aridic limy uplands
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
Site is and/or located in an upland with slopes <15%. Physiography is complex.
Climate
Site soils are typic aridic or within a 6-10" precipitation zone. Precipitation comes monsoonal patterns during months of July, August, and September, and is supplemented by winter storm patterns from November through March.
Soil features
Parent material is limestone or limy sandstone. Soils are loamy or clay loam. Site consists of limited amounts of gently sloping sheet alluvial or eolian deposits over residuum of plateaus and structural benches.
AZ701, MU135, Typic Haplocalcids component
AZ701, MU62, Lithic Haplocalcids component
AZ701, MU63, Lithic Haplocambids and Lithic Haplargids component
Vegetation dynamics
The site has a grass/shrub mix. Grasses include big galleta, alkali sacaton, sand dropseed, bush muhly, and Indian ricegrass. Shrubs include fourwing saltbush, shadscale, and anderson wolfberry.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 035X
Colorado Plateau
Subclasses
Correlated Map Unit Components
22395153, 22395232, 22395223, 22395246, 22395247, 22395091
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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