Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 42AESG15
Shallow
Accessed: 08/30/2026
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 fan remnants, hills, and ridges.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R042AC244TX Gravelly, Desert Grassland.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042A
Trans-Pecos Mountains, Plateaus, and Basins
Subclasses
- R042AB735TX–Gravelly, Hot Desert Shrub
- R042AB737TX–Limestone Hill and Mountain, Hot Desert Shrub
- R042AB739TX–Clay Hill, Hot Desert Shrub
- R042AC247TX–Igneous Hill and Mountain, Desert Grassland
- R042AC255TX–Sandstone Hill and Mountain, Desert Grassland
- R042AD006NM–Shallow Sandy, Dry Mixed Prairie
- R042AD007NM–Gravelly, Dry Mixed Prairie
- R042AD744TX–Limestone Hill, Dry Mixed Prairie
- R042AE277TX–Igneous Hill and Mountain, Mixed Prairie
- R042AE278TX–Limestone Hill and Mountain, Mixed Prairie
- R042AE281TX–Shallow, Mixed Prairie
- R042AE695TX–Basalt Hill, Mixed Prairie
- R042AF286TX–Igneous Hill and Mountain, Mountain Savannah
- R042AC243TX–Foothill Slope, Desert Grassland
- R042AC244TX–Gravelly, Desert Grassland
- R042AC249TX–Limestone Hill and Mountain, Desert Grassland
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
Travel Nauman
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