Ecological site group 036XESG34
Semiarid Cool Saline Hills
Last updated: 04/02/2024
Accessed: 11/21/2024
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
- <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 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 ustic moisture regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R036XB010NM Salty Bottomland.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 036X
Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
Subclasses
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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