Ecological site group DX035X02GESG13
Marble Canyon - Typic Aridic - Limestone or Loamy Upland 7-11" p.z.
Last updated: 09/02/2021
Accessed: 05/02/2024
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Marble Canyon (G)
- Soil at site is sedimentary or loamy.
- Site soils are within a 7-11" precipitation zone.
- Site is and/or located in an upland with slopes <15%.
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%. Aspects tend toward Marble Canyon, and more generally, the northeast.
Climate
Site soils are typic aridic or within a 6-10" precipitation zone and cold desert associated with blackbrush. No clear pattern exists in the seasonal timing of precipitation, generally driest in late spring.
Soil features
Parent material is limestone. Soils are loamy. Site consists of limited amounts of gently sloping sheet alluvial or eolian deposits over residuum of plateaus and structural benches.
Vegetation dynamics
This site is a grassland community of mid and short grasses with both cool and warm season species present. Shrubs are interspersed and can be sparse. In the potential plant community there may be a mixture of both cool and warm season grasses. Ground cover is good.
The plant species most likely to increase on this site when it is disturbed are; wolfberry, sand dropseed, burrograss, and threeawn. Russian thistle and cheatgrass are invaders on this site.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 035X
Colorado Plateau
Stage
Provisional
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