Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 013XESG10
Saline 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 surface or >2 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, fan remnants, and mountain slopes.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R013XY001ID Loamy 12-16 PZ.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 013X
Eastern Idaho Plateaus
Subclasses
- R013XY001ID–Loamy 12-16 PZ
- R013XY003ID–Steep South 16-22 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY004ID–Shallow Gravelly 12-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY005ID–Loamy 16-22 PZ ARTRV/FEID-PSSPS
- R013XY008ID–Steep South Slopes 12-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY009ID–Ashy Loam 13-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY018ID–Loamy 11-13 PZ ARTRW8/PSSPS
- R013XY036ID–Loamy 12-16 PZ ARTRW8/PSSPS
- R013XY039MT–Dry Meadow PONE-PHAL2
- R013XY045ID–Loamy Bottom 12-16 PZ ARTRT/LECI4-ELLAL
Correlated Map Unit Components
22609306, 22609126, 22609138, 22609224, 22612035, 22612758, 22612845, 22612694, 22612846, 22613528, 22613435, 22613423, 22613364, 22613368, 22854290, 22854336, 22854354, 22854151, 22599967, 22600508, 22600219, 22599842, 22712863, 22712875, 22712877, 22712879, 22712887, 22712900, 22712937, 22712752, 22712968, 22712979, 22713089, 22713090, 22712986, 22712994, 22713074, 22712683, 22713096, 22712800, 22713915, 22713926, 22713987, 22713996, 22713824, 22713830, 22714015, 22714017, 22713852, 22602819, 22602333, 22604109, 22604145, 22603067, 22602852, 22603225, 22603136, 22602860, 22602688, 22719383, 22719384, 22719385, 22719386, 22719387, 22719400
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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