Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 038XESG15
Very Shallow
Accessed: 09/13/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Uplands
- <75% bedrock outcrop
- Surface SAR<8, or Subsurface EC <8, and Surface EC <4
- Gypsum <5% surface and <10% subsurface
- EC <1.5 surface and <2 subsurface
- slope <35% or <40% surface rock
- depth <30cm
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 hills and mountains.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R038XA104AZ Granitic Hills 12-16" p.z.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 038X
Mogollon Transition South
Subclasses
- F038XA132AZ–Basalt Hills 12-16 (JUOS, PIED)
- F038XC315AZ–Ponderosa Pine - Gray Oak Forest 20-25" p.z. (PIPO, QUGR3)
- R038XA104AZ–Granitic Hills 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA105AZ–Limestone Hills 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA106AZ–Limy Upland 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA109AZ–Loamy Upland 12-16 p.z.
- R038XA114AZ–Schist Hills 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA115AZ–Volcanic Upland 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA116AZ–Shallow Upland 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA117AZ–Volcanic Hills 12-16" p.z. Clayey
- R038XA118AZ–Basalt / Sandstone Hills 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA126AZ–Limy Slopes 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA128AZ–Limestone Upland 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA133AZ–Volcanic/Metamorphic Hills 12-16" p.z.
- R038XA135AZ–Diabase Hills 12-16" p.z.
- R038XB204AZ–Granitic Hills 16-20" p.z.
- R038XB205AZ–Limestone Hills 16-20" p.z.
- R038XB208AZ–Loamy Slopes 16-20
- R038XB213AZ–Volcanic Upland 16-20" p.z.
- R038XB215AZ–Clayey Hills 16-20" p.z.
- R038XB222AZ–Volcanic Hills, Clayey 16-20
- R038XC317AZ–Volcanic Hills 20-24"
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travis Nauman
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