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• Parachute-Merino complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes, X2F. These are moder- ately deep and shallow, well-drained soils forming directly on hard sandstone and shale on south- and east-facing sideslopes and ridges. The Parachute soil makes up 45 percent of the unit, Merino soil makes up 30 percent of the unit, and the other 15 percent is made up of sandstone outcrops and deep, stony soils which occur in minor areas throughout the unit. Vegetation is similar to the Mountain Shrub type 2 (Section 2.04.10), with sagebrush species, antelope bit- terbrush, scattered bunchgrasses, and occasional oakbrush and serviceberry. This unit has a soil capability class of VIIe. Parachute soils are moderately deep, stony soils with dark colored sandy loam surface layers ranging from 8 to 12 inches thick. Weakly developed sandy loam subsoil layers extend to hard sandstone at 25 to 30 inches below the surface. Merino soils have thin, light- colored, stony-sandy loam surface layers extending to hard sandstone at 10 to 20 • inches below the surface. Permeability for both soils is moderate to moderately rapid, and available water-holding capacity is low. Winevada-Unnamed complex, 3 to 25 percent slope, X8D.. These are moderately deep and deep, well-drained soils on upland sideslopes and north- and west- facing ridges. The Winevada soil makes up 60 percent of the unit, the Unnamed soil makes up about 30 percent of the unit, and shallow dark-colored soils with sandstone b~ wean 5 and 20 inches make up the rest of the unit. Yegetation is oakbrush, serviceberry, snowberry and chokecherry of the Mountain Shrub 1 type. Capability class is VIe. The Winevada soil has a dark loam surface avers '.ng~8• inches thick, a loam or stony loam weakly developed subsoil extending to hard sand t about 30 inches. The Unnamed soil has a dark loam surface, with a light clay loam subsoil extending to 45 inches and stony loam and stony-clay • loam underlying layers extending to hard sandstone at 56 inches. Permeability is moderate to moderately rapid, and available water-holding capacity is - 112 - (Rev. 5/86)