Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 035XESG02
Arid Cool Breaks
Accessed: 04/24/2026
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 plateaus, hills, escarpments on structural benches, and talus slopes.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the aridic moisture regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R035XY240UT Semidesert Steep Shallow Loam (Utah Juniper-Two-Needle Pinyon).
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 035X
Colorado Plateau
Subclasses
- R035XA101AZ–Breaks 10-14" p.z.
- R035XA128AZ–Tephra Uplands, Loamy 10-14" p.z
- R035XB201AZ–Mudstone/Sandstone Hills 6-10" p.z.
- R035XB231AZ–Basalt Upland 6-10" p.z.
- R035XB236AZ–Colluvial Slopes 6-10" p.z. Warm
- R035XC302AZ–Sedimentary Cliffs 10-14" p.z.
- R035XC343AZ–Limestone/Sandstone Cliffs 10-14" p.z.
- R035XD401AZ–Breaks 7-11" p.z.
- R035XE516AZ–Sedimentary Cliffs 6-10" p.z.
- R035XF601AZ–Sedimentary Cliffs 13-17" p.z.
- R035XI901AZ–Sedimentary Cliffs 25-33" p.z.
- R035XY018UT–Talus Slope (Blackbrush-Shadscale)
- R035XY139UT–Desert Stony Loam (Blackbrush)
- R035XY146UT–Desert Very Steep Stony Loam (Shadscale)
- R035XY203UT–Semidesert Bouldery Fan (Blackbrush)
- R035XY234UT–Semidesert Shallow Shale (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R035XY240UT–Semidesert Steep Shallow Loam (Utah Juniper-Two-Needle Pinyon)
- R035XY243UT–Semidesert Stony Loam (Blackbrush)
- R035XY263UT–Semidesert Very Steep Stony Loam (Two-Needle Pinyon, Utah Juniper)
- R035XY323UT–Upland Stony Sand (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
Correlated Map Unit Components
24477070, 24482148, 24505111, 24478768, 24478767, 24478763, 24478782, 24478783, 24488981, 24488987, 24489048, 24488944, 24488974, 24476065, 24446835, 24446740, 24489179, 24447017, 24447277, 24446462, 24526190, 24533572, 24534716, 24538341, 24538798, 24539089, 24539106, 24539070, 24539019, 24539193, 24539167, 24539114, 24538598, 24538306, 24540708, 24540870, 24540791, 24540882, 24540813, 24540810, 24540673, 24540868, 24540734, 24540951, 24540914
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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