Ecological site group 036XESG31
Semiarid Cool Clay Uplands
Last updated: 04/02/2024
Accessed: 08/16/2024
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Ephemeral water or uplands
- Ustic or udic moisture regimes
- Cryic, frigid, or mesic temperature regimes
- Uplands
- 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 >55cm
- Rock <30% surface and <30% subsurface
- Clay >30% surface or >35% subsurface
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 hillslopes, mountain slopes, and mesas.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R036XY289CO Clayey Foothills.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 036X
Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
Subclasses
- F036XA001NM–Pinyon Upland
- F036XA136NM–Pinyon-Utah juniper/Apache plume
- F036XB133NM–Pinyon-Utah juniper/skunkbush sumac
- R036XB002NM–Clayey
- R036XB006NM–Loamy
- R036XB008NM–Meadow
- R036XB015NM–Shallow Savanna
- R036XB017NM–Swale
- R036XY284CO–Loamy Foothills
- R036XY287CO–Stony Foothills
- R036XY289CO–Clayey Foothills
- R036XY346CO–Cobbly Foothills
- R036XY446CO–Southwestern Mountain (pinyon-Utah juniper)
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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