Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group ESG2
Deep sand
Accessed: 05/30/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Not flooded (hills, convex portions of piedmont slopes, broad basin floors)
- Exposed bedrock absent and few if any cobbles and stones
- Soil surface texture loamy sand to medium sandy loam, subsoil non gravelly, gypsum absent
- Soil is not shallow (≥ 50 cm) and does not have a clear pedogenic horizon, continuous undulating surface or dunes
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.
Climate
Dunes, sandsheets mantling fan piedmonts, alluvial flats, and floodplains. Soils are sand or loamy sand in surface and subsurface with little change in texture with depth. Soils are torripsamments.
Vegetation dynamics
Dunes, sandsheets mantling fan piedmonts, alluvial flats, and floodplains. Soils are sand or loamy sand in surface and subsurface with little change in texture with depth. Soils are torripsamments.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042B
Southern Rio Grande Rift
Subclasses
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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