Ecological site group RPESG15
Shallow
Last updated: 11/15/2023
Accessed: 05/02/2024
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Uplands
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Surface SAR <8
- Gypsum <5% 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 mesas, hills, and dipslopes on cuestas.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is F035XG134NM Gravelly - Woodland.
Other ecological sites linked to this ESG include:
F035XF627AZ Sandstone Upland (JUOS, PIED) 13-17" p.z. (Provisional)
F036XA001NM Pinyon Upland
F036XA005NM Riverine Riparian
F036XB133NM Pinyon-Utah juniper/skunkbush sumac
F039XA002NM Pinus ponderosa-Pseudotsuga menziesii/Quercus gambelii-Cercocarpus montanus
F039XA007NM Montane slopes 12-18"
F039XA135AZ Basalt Hills 17-22" p.z. (PIPO, QUGA)
F039XB101NM Pinus edulis-Juniperus scopulorum/Quercus gambelii
R035XA101AZ Breaks 10-14" p.z.
R035XA131NM Foothills
R035XB006NM Shallow
R035XF618AZ Sandy Upland 13-17" p.z. Moderately Deep
R035XG116NM Shallow
R035XG121NM Shallow Sandstone
R035XH002NM Mountain Grassland
R035XH006NM Shallow
R036XB002NM Clayey
R036XB007NM Malpais
R036XB014NM Shallow Loam
R070AY003NM Shallow Upland
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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