Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 034BESG19
Arid Cool Finer Uplands
Accessed: 04/20/2026
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, flood plains, and stream terraces.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the mesic temperature regime and 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
- R034BY006UT–Alkali Flat (Greasewood)
- R034BY009UT–Loamy Bottom (Basin Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY026UT–Wet Saline Streambank (Coyote willow)
- R034BY103UT–Desert Clay (Castlevalley saltbush)
- R034BY106UT–Desert Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY109UT–Desert Loamy Clay (Shadscale)
- R034BY115UT–Desert Sandy Loam (Indian Ricegrass)
- R034BY117UT–Desert Shallow Clay (Mat Saltbush)
- R034BY205UT–Semidesert Gravelly Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY212UT–Semidesert Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
- R034BY240UT–Semidesert Silt Loam (Winterfat)
- R034BY306UT–Upland Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush)
Correlated Map Unit Components
23777252, 23776120, 23732014, 23730504, 23730669, 23730429, 23730584, 23730314, 23730078, 23729939, 23729944, 23730213, 23730334, 23730341, 23730219, 23730090, 23730227, 23729961, 23729966, 23730252, 23729128, 23725517, 23725518, 23725432, 23725031, 23725120, 23725352, 23724602, 23723445, 23723540, 23723521, 23723520, 23723702, 24510128, 24510210, 24510212, 24509417, 24509216, 24509496, 24509499, 24509500, 24508188, 24521750, 24522539, 24522026, 24522557, 24523396, 24524452, 24526165, 24526177, 24525407, 24525646, 24525650, 24525651, 24525434, 24526584
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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