Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 013XESG05
Finer Uplands
Accessed: 08/30/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Uplands
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Surface SAR <8 and subsurface EC <8 and surface EC <4
- EC <1.5 and <2 subsurface
- Slope <35% or <40% surface rock
- Depth > 55cm
- Rock <30% and <30% subsurface
- Clay <30% surface and <35% subsurface
- Sand <75% or texture is sandy loam or finer in surface & subsurface
- Clay >20% or texture is finer than sandy loam in 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.
Physiography
This ESG is located on mountain slopes, fan remnants, and ridges.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R013XY005ID Loamy 16-22 PZ ARTRV/FEID-PSSPS.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 013X
Eastern Idaho Plateaus
Subclasses
- F013XP609ID–Upland Cold Woodland Group
- F013XP610ID–Upland Cool Woodland Group
- R013XY001ID–Loamy 12-16 PZ
- R013XY002ID–Stony Loam 13-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY003ID–Steep South 16-22 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY005ID–Loamy 16-22 PZ ARTRV/FEID-PSSPS
- R013XY008ID–Steep South Slopes 12-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY016ID–Moist Mountain Loam 20+ PZ POTR
- R013XY019ID–Stony Loam 16-22 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY020ID–Loamy Tall Brush 16-22 PZ ACGL/BRMA4
- R013XY024ID–Loamy 22+ PZ ARTRV/FEID-BRMA4
- R013XY030ID–North Slope Loamy 16-22 PZ
- R013XY038ID–Meadow DECA18-CANE2
- R013XY039MT–Dry Meadow PONE-PHAL2
- R013XY056ID–Juniper Breaks 12-16 PZ JUOS/PSSPS
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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