Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 042BESG27
Deep Rocky Madrean Woodland
Accessed: 08/16/2026
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 piedmonts, drainageways, hillslopes, recent alluvial fans, recent flood plains, and terraces.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R042BB010NM Gravelly, Desert Shrub.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042B
Southern Rio Grande Rift
Subclasses
- R042BB010NM–Gravelly, Desert Shrub
- R042BB012NM–Sandy, Desert Shrub
- R042BB016NM–Draw, Desert Shrub
- R042BB024NM–Gravelly Sand, Desert Shrub
- R042BB027NM–Hills, Desert Shrub
- R042BB035NM–Gravelly Loam, Desert Shrub
- R042BE051NM–Sandy, Cool Desert Grassland
- R042BE053NM–Gravelly Sand, Cool Desert Grassland
- R042BE057NM–Bottomland, Cool Desert Grassland
- R042BE060NM–Mesa Breaks, Cool Desert Grassland
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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