Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 035XESG26
Semiarid Cool Breaks
Accessed: 04/23/2026
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 mountains, plateaus, and escarpments.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the mesic temperature regime and the ustic moisture regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is F035XG124NM Gravelly - Woodland.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 035X
Colorado Plateau
Subclasses
- DX035X03A121–Shallow Sandstone
- DX035X03B134–Gravelly - Woodland
- F035XF609AZ–Cinder Hills 13-17" p.z. (PIED)
- F035XF613AZ–Limestone Hills 13-17" p.z. (PIED, JUOS)
- R035XA101AZ–Breaks 10-14" p.z.
- R035XA102AZ–Tephra Hills, Loamy 10-14" p.z.
- R035XA107AZ–Clay Loam Upland 10-14" p.z.
- R035XC328AZ–Cobbly Slopes 10-14" p.z.
- R035XY203UT–Semidesert Bouldery Fan (Blackbrush)
- R035XY206UT–Semidesert Gravelly Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R035XY226UT–Semidesert Shallow Loam (Black Sagebrush/Indian Ricegrass)
- R035XY234UT–Semidesert Shallow Shale (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R035XY240UT–Semidesert Steep Shallow Loam (Utah Juniper-Two-Needle Pinyon)
- R035XY243UT–Semidesert Stony Loam (Blackbrush)
- R035XY314UT–Upland Shallow Sand (Pinyon-Utah Juniper)
- R035XY315UT–Upland Shallow Loam (Pinyon-Utah Juniper) AWC
- R035XY317UT–Upland Steep Stony Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)
- R035XY325UT–Upland Very Steep Shallow Loam (Pinyon-Utah Juniper)
- R035XY328UT–Upland Very Steep Stony Loam (Pinyon-Utah Juniper)
Correlated Map Unit Components
24477280, 24484740, 24484785, 24478732, 24478713, 24478646, 24489156, 24446237, 24446302, 24446383, 24446387, 24446394, 24446562, 24530223, 24529993, 24538586, 24539034, 24538441, 24538685, 24538688, 24538693, 24538617, 24538601, 24538492, 24538730, 24540834, 24540937, 24541025
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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