Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 034BESG18
Arid Cool Deep Rocky
Accessed: 06/05/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
None specified
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 fan remnants, stream terraces, alluvial fans, and hillslopes.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the aridic moisture regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R034BY106UT Desert Loam (Shadscale).
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 034B
Warm Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus
Subclasses
- R034BY103UT–Desert Clay (Castlevalley saltbush)
- R034BY106UT–Desert Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY115UT–Desert Sandy Loam (Indian Ricegrass)
- R034BY205UT–Semidesert Gravelly Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY206UT–Semidesert Gravelly Sandy Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY212UT–Semidesert Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY247UT–Semidesert Stony Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R034BY253UT–Semidesert Very Steep Loam (Utah Juniper - Pinyon)
- R034BY306UT–Upland Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY334UT–Upland Stony Loam (Wyoming big sagebrush)
- R034BY404CO–Semidesert Stony Loam (Shadscale)
Correlated Map Unit Components
23776025, 23775919, 23775921, 23776029, 23776027, 23776119, 23731855, 23730548, 23730659, 23730510, 23730520, 23730582, 23729925, 23729943, 23729977, 23730102, 23730351, 23730358, 23730246, 23730387, 23729232, 23729236, 23729076, 23729079, 23725832, 23726007, 23725433, 23725244, 23725257, 23725261, 23725265, 23724867, 23725122, 23723623, 23723508, 23723452, 23723669, 24509994, 24510079, 24510183, 24510090, 24509063, 24507907, 24507651, 24509614, 24507994, 24508249, 24507998, 24522272, 24522347, 24522086, 24523739, 24524667, 24524380, 24524228, 24524139, 24525865
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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