Ecological site group 036XESG22
Arid Cool Saline Hills
Last updated: 04/01/2024
Accessed: 08/16/2024
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Ephemeral water or uplands
- Aridic moisture regime
- Cryic, frigid, or mesic temperature regimes
- Uplands
- Surface SAR >8
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Ephemeral water or uplands
- Aridic moisture regime
- Cryic, frigid, or mesic temperature regimes
- Uplands
- Surface SAR <8
- Gypsum <5% surface 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.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the mesic temperature regime and the aridic moisture regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R036XY266CO Salt Meadow.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 036X
Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
Subclasses
Correlated Map Unit Components
23735709, 23735570, 23735416, 23735525, 23735325, 23735389, 23734571, 23734905, 23734829, 23734736, 23734629, 23730755, 24312714, 24312544, 24312631, 24317056, 24317059, 24317060, 24324758, 24324454
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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