Ecological site group ESG3
Loamy to clayey
Last updated: 08/16/2022
Accessed: 12/21/2024
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Not flooded (hills, convex portions of piedmont slopes, broad basin floors)
- Exposed bedrock absent and few if any cobbles and stones
- Soil surface textures are fine sandy loam to clay loam, subsoil non gravelly, gypsum may or may not be present
- Subsoil not moderately to strongly saline
- Subsoil lacks a gypsic horizon and gypsum not evident at the surface
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.
Climate
Basin floors and fan piedmonts; sandy, loamy or clayey surface and loam, clay loam, or clay subsurface. May be high in carbonates throughout the soil profile.
Vegetation dynamics
Basin floors and fan piedmonts; sandy, loamy or clayey surface and loam, clay loam, or clay subsurface. May be high in carbonates throughout the soil profile.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042B
Southern Rio Grande Rift
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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