SOIL TYPE: "DUNE MARGIN" : USDA ARS

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SOIL TYPE: "DUNE MARGIN"

Highly gypsic soils ("Dune Margin") - This site had nearly 100% gypsum soil and was located near the eastern border of the White Sands Missile Range, less than 200 m east (downwind) of active dunes. Highly dispersed low-statured shrubs dominate the site. Little, if any, anthropogenic disturbance has occurred here for at least 35 years.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Range Management Research: Las Cruces, NM

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