Ecological site group RPESG11
Saline Hills
Last updated: 11/14/2023
Accessed: 05/02/2024
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Uplands
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Surface SAR >8
- Uplands
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Surface SAR <8
- Gypsum <5% and <10% subsurface
- Subsurface EC >8 or surface EC >4
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 flood plains, alluvial fans, and stream terraces.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the mesic temperature regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R036XB010NM Salty Bottomland.
Other ecological sites linked to this ESG include:
F036XA005NM Riverine Riparian
R035XA120NM Swale
R035XB003NM Limy
R035XB004NM Clayey
R035XB005NM Salt Flats
R035XB008NM Sodic Slopes
R035XB009NM Shale Hills
R035XB010NM Cobbly Hills
R035XB016NM Clay Loam Terrace (Sodic) 7-10"
R035XB022NM Loamy Upland 6-10" p.z. sodic
R035XB268AZ Shale Hills 6-10" p.z.
R035XG116NM Shallow
R035XG121NM Shallow Sandstone
R036XB002NM Clayey
R036XB009NM Salt Meadow
R036XB014NM Shallow Loam
R042BE055NM Salty Bottomland, Cool Desert Grasslands
R042BE057NM Bottomland, Cool Desert Grasslands
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 035X
Colorado Plateau
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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