Appendix A (Table A1). Climate, soil, and dominant vegetation details of sampled regions within the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.
Big Water | Escalante | Cannonville | Boulder | |
Elevation (m) | 1250 | 1770 | 1800 | 2030 |
Mean annual precipitation (cm) | 16.8 | 26.6 | 29.6 | 24.2 |
Mean annual air temperature (°C) | 12.5 | 9.20 | 10.0 | 9.44 |
Parent material | Eolian sand | Mixed alluvium | Eolian sand | Eolian sand |
Soil texture | Fine sand | Fine sandy loam | Very gravelly loam | Fine sand |
Soil series | Nakai-Sheppard complex | Radnik, moist-Suwanee, saline-Escavada complex | Mido-Kenzo-rock outcrop (Carmel Formation) complex | Mespun-Bispen-Santrick complex |
Soil order | Entisol | Entisol | Entisol | Entisol |
Dominant plant | A. filifolia | A. tridentata | A. tridentata | A. tridentata |