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Ecological Site Description

Major Land Resource Area - 48 

Ecological Site Description Keys (RM-1)
Description
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Key Flow Chart (PDF; 31 KB)
Key 48A (PDF; 15 KB)

 

Southern Rocky Mountains (RM-1)
Site Description Site Number
Subalpine Grassland R048AY001NM
Mountain Grassland R048AY002NM
Mountain Valley R048AY003NM
Mountain Loam R048AY004NM
Mountain Malpais R048AY005NM
Mountain Meadow R048AY006NM
Mountain Shale R048AY007NM
Mountain Brush R048AY008NM
Mountain Breaks R048AY009NM
Pine Grassland R048AY010NM
Subalpine Grassland Dry R048AY011NM
Mountain Loam Dry R048AY012NM
Mountain Slopes R048AY013NM
Mountain Valley Dry R048AY014NM
Mountain Shale Dry R048AY015NM
Mountain Fen R048AY020NM
Wet Sedge R048AY021NM
Subalpine Fen R048AY022NM
Subalpine Moist Meadow R048AY023NM
Mountain Marshy Swale R048AY024NM
Mountain Wet Meadow R048AY025NM
Mountain Willow Riparian R048AY026NM
 
Forestry
Soil Description Site Number
Pseudotsuga menziesii-Pinus ponderosa/Festuca arizonica
F048AY009NM
Pinus ponderosa/Festuca arizonica-Danthonia parryi F048AY010NM
Pinus ponderosa-Juniperus scopulorum/Quercus gambelii F048AY011NM
Populus fremontii/Salix/Carex F048AY012NM
Pinus engelmannii-Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium F048AY013NM
Pseudotsuga menziesii-Abies concolor/Quercus gambelii-Symphoricarpos albus/Festuca arizonica-Carex geyeri F048AY014NM
Pinus edulis-Juniperus monosperma/Quercus gambelii F048AY015NM
Pinus edulis-Juniperus scopulorum/Quercus gambelii F048AY016NM
Juniperus monosperma-Pinus edulis/Bouteloua gracilis F048AY017NM

Last Modified: 08/28/2008