Ecological Land Type

ELT 130a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1095 m
Minimum in ft: 
3593 ft
Maximum: 
1406 m
Maximum in ft: 
4614 ft
Median: 
1213 m
Median in ft: 
3980 ft
Soil Summary: 
detailed soil survey information is not available for this unit; correlates with GES unit 490 characterized by very cobbly and cobbly sandy loams deep to granite or granite-like bedrock, lacking lime throughout, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal to modest soil development (clay accumulation), and associated rock outcroppings
Geologic Materials: 
slope alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated mostly with Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm). It comprises 98% of the unit
Landforms: 
coarsely to finely dissected elevated plains and hills with weak drainage incision
LTA 130
Mesquite grasslands and oak savannas on low granitic hills and plains

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