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ecological site group 010XESG15
Very Shallow
Accessed: 08/20/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Uplands
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Surface SAR <8 and subsurface EC <8 and surface EC <4
- EC <1.5 surface and <2 subsurface
- Slope <35% or <40% surface rock
- Depth <30cm
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 lava plains.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R010XY002ID Very Shallow 12-20 PZ ARRI2/POSE.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 010X
Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
Subclasses
- R010XA001ID–Clayey 12-16 PZ ARARL/FEID
- R010XA004ID–Loamy 12-16 PZ ARTRV/FEID-PSSPS
- R010XA007ID–Shallow Stony Loam 8-16 PZ
- R010XA007OR–Juniper Pumice South 9-12 PZ
- R010XA020ID–Mixed Shrub 12-16 PZ
- R010XA032ID–Bouldery 11-13 PZ ARTRX/PSSPS
- R010XA050ID–Very Shallow Loam 12-16 PZ ARAR8/POSE
- R010XB024OR–JD Warm Ashy Claypan 9-12 PZ
- R010XB032OR–JD Very Shallow 12-16 PZ
- R010XB043OR–JD Droughty Clayey South 9-12 PZ
- R010XB044OR–JD Droughty South 9-12 PZ
- R010XB045OR–JD Clayey South 12-16 PZ
- R010XB047OR–JD Shallow South 12-16 PZ
- R010XB058OR–JD Mahogany Rockland 12-16 PZ
- R010XB065OR–JD Droughty Clayey North 9-12 PZ
- R010XB083OR–JD Shrubby Shallow 12-16 PZ
- R010XC020OR–SR Loamy 9-12 PZ
- R010XC035OR–SR Shallow 9-12 PZ
- R010XC038OR–SR Very Shallow 9-12 PZ
- R010XC039OR–SR Very Shallow 12-16 PZ
- R010XC041OR–SR Very Shallow Rockland 12-16 PZ
- R010XC042OR–SR Juniper Tableland 12-16 PZ
- R010XC043OR–SR South 9-12 PZ
- R010XC050OR–SR Shallow South 9-12 PZ
- R010XC056OR–SR Terrace Escarpment 9-12 PZ
- R010XC057OR–SR Shallow Escarpment 9-12 PZ
- R010XC059OR–SR Mahogany Rockland 12+ PZ
- R010XC064OR–SR North 9-12 PZ
- R010XY002ID–Very Shallow 12-20 PZ ARRI2/POSE
- R010XY011ID–South Slope Stony 12-16 PZ ARTRT/PSSPS
- R010XY015OR–Buckwheat Scabland 9-12 PZ
- R010XY018ID–Shallow South Stony 14-18 PZ PSSPS-POSE
- R010XY022ID–Granitic 16-22 PZ PSSPS-FEID
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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