Ecological Land Type

ELT 188b

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1471 m
Minimum in ft: 
4826 ft
Maximum: 
2218 m
Maximum in ft: 
7276 ft
Median: 
1810 m
Median in ft: 
5938 ft
Soil Summary: 
detailed soil survey information is not available for this unit; correlates with GES unit 475 characterized by extremely cobbly sandy loams shallow to granite or granite-like bedrock, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal soil development, and associated rock outcroppings
Geologic Materials: 
slope alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated mostly with Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) and middle Proterozoic granitic rocks which comprise 57% and 39% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately to finely dissected mountain slopes with moderate to deep drainage incision