Ecological site group GX042C01ESG05
Limy
Last updated: 06/12/2025
Accessed: 10/19/2025
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 finer than fine sandy loam at the surface, and/or at least one horizon with <50% sand occurs in the upper 100 cm.
- Soils meet both of the following criteria: 1) soil at the surface reacts strongly or violently to 1N HCl. 2) ≥5% calcareous or carbonate-coated fragments at the surface.
- [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 alluvial fans and plains.
Major Land Resource Area
MLRA 042C
Central New Mexico Highlands
Subclasses
Correlated Map Unit Components
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Stage
Provisional
Contributors
Curtis Talbot
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