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ecological site group 013XESG12
Shallow
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: 30-55cm
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, ridges, and hillslopes.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R013XY014ID Shallow Stony 12-20 PZ ARAR8/PSSPS.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 013X
Eastern Idaho Plateaus
Subclasses
- R013XY019ID–Stony Loam 16-22 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY028ID–Shallow Sand 12-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY031ID–Steep Stony North 16-22 PZ ARTRV/FEID
- R013XY039MT–Dry Meadow PONE-PHAL2
- R013XY047ID–Shallow Fractured Loam 16-22 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY056ID–Juniper Breaks 12-16 PZ JUOS/PSSPS
- BX013X01B062–Shallow Loamy Bear River Valley 10-14" P.Z.
- F013XP604ID–Shallow Warm Woodland Group
- F013XP609ID–Upland Cold Woodland Group
- F013XP610ID–Upland Cool Woodland Group
- R013XY001ID–Loamy 12-16 PZ
- R013XY002ID–Stony Loam 13-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY004ID–Shallow Gravelly 12-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY005ID–Loamy 16-22 PZ ARTRV/FEID-PSSPS
- R013XY009ID–Ashy Loam 13-16 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY010ID–Mahogany North Slope 16-22 PZ CELE3/PSSPS
- R013XY011ID–Windswept Ridge 12-20 PZ ARNO4/PSSPS
- R013XY014ID–Shallow Stony 12-20 PZ ARAR8/PSSPS
- R013XY015ID–Steep Stony Mahogany 16-22 PZ CELE3-ARTRV/PSSPS
- R013XY016ID–Moist Mountain Loam 20+ PZ POTR
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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