Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 034BESG28
Arid Cool Very Shallow
Accessed: 04/16/2026
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 structural benches and hills.
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 R034BY233UT Semidesert Shallow Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon).
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 034B
Warm Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus
Subclasses
- R034BY118UT–Desert Shallow Loam (Black Sagebrush)
- R034BY121UT–Desert Shallow Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY130UT–Desert Shallow Sandy Loam (Shadscale)
- R034BY227UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Black Sagebrush)
- R034BY230UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Salina Wildrye)
- R034BY233UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R034BY239UT–Semidesert Shallow Sandy Loam (Utah Juniper/Two-Needle Pinyon)
- R034BY255UT–Semidesert Very Steep Shallow Clay (Utah Juniper)
- R034BY322UT–Upland Shallow Loam (Two-Needle Pinyon / Utah Juniper)
Correlated Map Unit Components
23729253, 23725480, 23725640, 23724873, 23723574, 23723642, 23723659, 24510419, 24510824, 24510823, 24510619, 24511029, 24508991, 24510628, 24510497, 24510499, 24523403, 24524938, 24524635, 24523931, 24524922, 24524407, 24523558, 24524664, 24524393, 24524527, 24523879, 24523891, 24523529, 24524516, 24524520, 24525374, 24525663, 24525665
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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