Natural Resources
Conservation Service
ecological site group GX042C01ESG04
Sandy
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 lack visible masses of gypsum in the upper 100 cm.
- Soils are >50 cm to root-restrictive layer.
- Soil texture is fine sandy loam or coarser at the surface, and sand percentage is ≥50 in all horizons 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 ESG is located on plains and alluvial fans.
Climate
This ESG is characterized by the thermic temperature regime and the aridic moisture regime.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042C
Central New Mexico Highlands
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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