Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group GX042C01ESG02
Gypsum
Accessed: 07/14/2026
Ecological site group description
Key Characteristics
- Site does not receive significant additional moisture—either from run-on or throughflow. Site does not occur on a floodplain or in a swale or playa bottom.
- Soils contain visible masses of gypsum in the upper 100 cm.
- [Criteria]
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 ESWG is located on gypsum ridges, gypsum hills, and gypsum plains.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the aridic moisture regime.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042C
Central New Mexico Highlands
Correlated Map Unit Components
22968690, 22968693, 22968694, 22913332, 22913330, 22913333, 22913272, 22913341, 22913338, 22913448, 22913449, 22913343, 22913342, 22913425, 22913426, 22913502, 22913431, 22913505, 22913302, 22913371, 22974010, 22974310, 22974795, 22974855, 22974972, 22974976, 23170505, 23170506, 23170526, 22968473, 22968477, 22968434, 22964806, 22964805, 22964922, 22912415, 22913245
Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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