Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group ESG7
Gypsic
Accessed: 06/03/2026
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 textures are fine sandy loam to clay loam, subsoil non gravelly, gypsum may or may not be present
- Subsoil not moderately to strongly saline
- Subsoil has a gypsic horizon and/or gypsiferous materials evident at the soil surface
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
Basin floors, relict lakebeds, playas, gypsiferous dunes, and fan piedmonts. Elements typically highly interminged in landscapes dominated by gypsiferous materials. Includes gypsic and hypergypsic soils.
Vegetation dynamics
Basin floors, relict lakebeds, playas, gypsiferous dunes, and fan piedmonts. Elements typically highly interminged in landscapes dominated by gypsiferous materials. Includes gypsic and hypergypsic soils.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042B
Southern Rio Grande Rift
Correlated Map Unit Components
21843045, 21844652, 21838089, 21838141, 21838244, 21838070, 21838071, 21838226, 21838227, 21838063, 21838331, 21838329, 21838353, 21838333, 21838334, 21838319, 21838320, 21838313, 21838290, 21838292, 21838291, 21838266, 21838193, 21838275, 21838274, 21838336, 21838134, 21838323, 21838324, 21838554, 21838602, 21838603, 21838500, 21838498, 21838502, 21838503, 21838495, 21838496, 21838492, 21838628, 21838630, 21838629, 21838568, 21838580, 21838579, 21838543, 21838582, 21838583, 21838508, 21838520, 21838519
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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