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Ecological site R028AB220UT

Semidesert Loam (Wyoming Big Sagebrush) South

Accessed: 10/21/2025

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Draft. A draft ecological site description is either incomplete or has not undergone quality control and quality assurance review.

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Ecosystem states

1. Reference State
SWAPAEH
2. Current Potential State
SWAPAEH
3. Shrub State
SWAPAEH
4. Annual State
SWAPAEH
5. Tree State (only occurs on the upper end of the precipitation zone)
SWAPAEH
6. Seeded State
SWAPAEH
T1AT2aT2bT3aT3bT5aR3aR4aT6aR5aT6b

States 2 and 5 (additional transitions)

2. Current Potential State
SWAPAEH
5. Tree State (only occurs on the upper end of the precipitation zone)
SWAPAEH
T2c

State 1 submodel, plant communities

1.1. Wyoming Big Sagebrush/Bluebunch Wheatgrass
1.2. Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Herebaceous Grass
1.3. Wyoming big sagebrush/rabbitbrush/perennial bunchgrasses
1.1a1.2a1.1b1.3a1.3b

State 2 submodel, plant communities

2.1. Wyoming Big Sagebunch/Bluebunch Wheatgrass/Invasive Weed
2.2. Wyoming Big Sagebrush/Invasive Weed
2.3. Wyoming sagebrush/perennial bunch grasses & annual non-natives (at risk)
2.1a2.2a2.3a

State 3 submodel, plant communities

3.1. Wyoming sagebrush/native herbaceous/non-native annuals
3.2. Sprouting Shrubs/Annual Non-natives
3.1a

State 4 submodel, plant communities

4.1. Annual non-native species
4.2. Native shrubs/annual non-native species
4.1a4.2a

State 5 submodel, plant communities

5.1. Utah juniper/native herbaceous/non-native herbaceous
5.2. Utah juniper/non-native herbaceous
5.1a

State 6 submodel, plant communities

6.1. Non-native bunchgrasses/sagebrush/annual non-native species
6.2. Sagebrush/non-native bunchgrass/annual non-native species
6.3. Sagebrush/annual non-natives/non-native bunchgrasses (at risk)
6.1a6.2b6.3a6.2a