Ecological Land Type

ELT Details
Photo Points

ELT 27b

Elevation Range

Minimum:

1207 m

Minimum in ft:

3959 ft

Maximum:

1238 m

Maximum in ft:

4061 ft

Median:

1220 m

Median in ft:

4003 ft

Soil Summary:

mostly shallow to bedrock, better developed extremely channery loams over extremely channery clays related to phyllite and lacking lime; dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 24 (Deloro-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes) which comprises 98% of the ELT

Geologic Materials:

alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Pantano conglomerate,variably silicified (Tpl) and Bisbee Group (Kbs) which comprise 87% and 12% of the ELT, respectively

Landforms:

undissected to coarsely dissected, weakly incised mountain hills

Land Type Association: LTA 27

Ecological Unit: Chihuahuan desert on hills and mountians derived from limestone and associated rocks

Map with the ELT 27b polygon highlighted.