Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group ESG8
Bottomlands
Accessed: 06/25/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Flooded (low-lying landscape position, evidence of water flow and/or high production, narrow inset fans, bottomlands, river flood plains or meadows; Flooded soils group)
- Not in a river floodplain
- Swales and depressions within upland landforms or at the margins of playas featuring highly productive vegetation
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, floodplains, or low lying landscape positions within uplands, intermittently flooded, may be saline. Often cultivated.
Vegetation dynamics
Basin floors, floodplains, or low lying landscape positions within uplands, intermittently flooded, may be saline. Often cultivated.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042B
Southern Rio Grande Rift
Correlated Map Unit Components
21843400, 21843289, 21843421, 21843565, 21843512, 21843161, 21843598, 21843461, 21843192, 21843315, 21843037, 21842929, 21842846, 21842865, 21843013, 21843016, 21842944, 21842945, 21843019, 21842950, 21842949, 21842973, 21842975, 21840280, 21840279, 21840196, 21840284, 21840126, 21840127, 21840448, 21840116, 21839899, 22054176, 21843911, 21838050, 21837884, 21838525
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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