Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group 042BESG36
Madrean Woodland Loamy Uplands
Accessed: 08/11/2026
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, fan remnants, alluvial fans, and valley-floor remnants.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the aridic moisture regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R042BE052NM Loamy, Cool Desert Grasslands.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042B
Southern Rio Grande Rift
Subclasses
- R042BB011NM–Deep Sand, Desert Shrub
- R042BB012NM–Sandy, Desert Shrub
- R042BB014NM–Loamy, Desert Shrub
- R042BB035NM–Gravelly Loam, Desert Shrub
- R042BE051NM–Sandy, Cool Desert Grassland
- R042BE052NM–Loamy, Cool Desert Grassland
- R042BE054NM–Deep Sand, Cool Desert Grassland
- R042BE057NM–Bottomland, Cool Desert Grassland
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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