Ecological Land Type

ELT 189a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
2086 m
Minimum in ft: 
6843 ft
Maximum: 
2590 m
Maximum in ft: 
8498 ft
Median: 
2323 m
Median in ft: 
7621 ft
Soil Summary: 
detailed soil survey information is not available for this unit; correlates with GES unit 476 characterized by extremely cobbly sandy loams shallow to deep 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 with Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) and unnamed granite (Twsp). They comprise 63% and 31% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely dissected mountain slopes with shallow to moderate drainage incision