Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 036XESG23
Arid Cool Saline Uplands
Accessed: 04/21/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Ephemeral water or uplands
- Aridic moisture regime
- Cryic, frigid, or mesic temperature regimes
- Uplands
- Surface SAR <8
- Gypsum <5% surface and <10% subsurface
- Subsurface EC <8 and surface EC <4
- EC >1.5 surface or >2 subsurface
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 alluvial fans and stream terraces.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the aridic moisture regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R036XY325CO Semidesert Loam.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 036X
Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
Subclasses
- F036XA005NM–Riverine Riparian
- F036XB133NM–Pinyon-Utah juniper/skunkbush sumac
- R036XB006NM–Loamy
- R036XB011NM–Sandy
- R036XB014NM–Shallow Loam
- R036XB018NM–Stony Loam
- R036XB132NM–Gravelly Hills
- R036XY110CO–Shallow Clay Loam (pinyon-Utah juniper)
- R036XY111CO–Steep Shallow Clay Loam (pinyon-Utah juniper)
- R036XY284CO–Loamy Foothills
- R036XY289CO–Clayey Foothills
- R036XY325CO–Semidesert Loam
- R036XY405CO–Loamy Bottom
- R036XY445CO–Steep Colluvial Slopes
- R036XY446CO–Southwestern Mountain (pinyon-Utah juniper)
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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