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<br />Shad8cale, galleta, mat sa1tb~sh and GardDer saltbush are the _jor <br />plant:8. Scrubby juniper occupy _y ateep upper 81op.. and ridS. <br />Cl'e81:8. <br /> <br /> <br />1)1)0389 <br />General table J.~"Soil series and representative profile descriptions, <br />White River Basin in Colorado~~Contlnued <br /> <br />SoU Mapping Unit 2: .Shallow. l1Rht colored 108f!\Y and rocky 80118 <br />of the deserts . <br />-.... - <br /> <br />The following soil profile is typical of the shallow rocky soils <br />residual on sandstone~ <br /> <br />Al 0 to 4 inches, pale brown (lOn 6/3) stony fine sandy 10881. <br />brown (lOYR 4/3) moist; weak fine granular structure; <br />ooft when dr.y, very friable when moiet; weakly calcar80us; <br />o11d1y alkaline; clear smooth boundary. <br /> <br />e 4 to 8 iaches, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) stony fine 80dy lou, <br />:light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) lIIOist; ..ssive to weak <br />j:oarse s"bangular blocky structur.; hard when dry, very <br />friable ,then moist; 50 percent of tho horizon consists <br />of sandstone chips and rock fragmento; very strongly <br />.:a1c:ereous; _derately alkaline; clear 8a7oth boundary. <br /> <br />R 8 inches and below, pale yellow (2/5 8/4) rock sandstone that <br />has white (2.5Y 8/2) lime coatings on bedding plates. <br /> <br />. <br />