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ecological site group 042BESG63
Semi-Desert Grassland Saline Hills
Accessed: 08/10/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Uplands
- Surface SAR >8
- Elevation - 3700-4500 ft
- Uplands
- Surface SAR <8
- Gypsum <5% surface and <10% subsurface
- Subsurface EC >8 or surface EC >4
- Elevation - 3700-4500 ft
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 playas, alluvial flats, and flood plains.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the thermic temperature regime and the aridic moisture regime.
Vegetation dynamics
The modal ecological site for this ESG is R042BB008NM Gyp Playa, Desert Shrub.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042B
Southern Rio Grande Rift
Subclasses
- R042BB001NM–Alkali Flat, Desert Shrub
- R042BB008NM–Gyp Playa, Desert Shrub
- R042BB011NM–Deep Sand, Desert Shrub
- R042BB014NM–Loamy, Desert Shrub
- R042BB016NM–Draw, Desert Shrub
- R042BB018NM–Bottomland, Desert Shrub
- R042BB019NM–Limy, Desert Shrub
- R042BB023NM–Clayey, Desert Shrub
- R042BB024NM–Gravelly Sand, Desert Shrub
- R042BB028NM–Salt Meadow, Desert Shrub
- R042BB033NM–Salty Bottomland, Desert Shrub
- R042BB036NM–Salt Flats, Desert Shrub
- R042BE052NM–Loamy, 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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