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Official Series Description - TRUJILLO Series https:// soilseries. sc. egov. usda .gov /OSD_Docs/T/TRUJILLO.hmil Bk horizon: Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist Chroma: 3 to 6 Texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam Clay content: 15 to 27 percent Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent Calcium carbonate equivalent: 1 to 3 percent Reaction: neutral or slightly alkaline GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Parent material: alluvium derived from coarse sandstone Landform: hills, drainageways and fans Slopes: 3 to 25 percent Elevation: 6,800 to 8,000 feet Mean annual temperature: 43 to 46 degrees F Mean annual precipitation: 17 to 22 inches Precipitation pattern: moist spring and summer, dry winters Wettest period: April through August Driest period: November through February Frost -free period: 70 to 100 days. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Breece, Gulnare, Littlepine, and Molinaro series. The Breece soils are coarse -loamy and are on fans. The Gulnare soils are shallow to lithic contact and are on forested hills. The Littlepine soils lack a mollic epipedon and are on forested fans and hills. The Molinaro soils lack argillic horizons and are on fans and terraces. DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained, low to medium runoff, moderate permeability. USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland, hayland and wildlife habitat. The native vegetation is mainly western wheatgrass, green needlegrass, blue grama, little bluestem, sideoats grama, mountain muhly, pine dropseed, and fringed sagebrush. Some areas have scattered ponderosa pine. DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: foothills of southeastern Colorado; LRR E, MLRA 49; moderate extent. MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Lakewood, Colorado SERIES ESTABLISHED: Las Animas County, Colorado, 2007, Las Animas and parts of Huerfano county soil survey area, Colorado. The name was taken from a major drainage in the area. 3 of 5 4/9/2012 4:37 PM