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Aridisols dominate throughout the rest of the province.
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Humus is lacking and soils are mostly Aridisols and dry Entisols.
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Entisols and Mollisols occur and are often stony or shallow; Aridisols are not as common as in Ecoregions 13b and 13c.
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A small area of Aridisols occurs in the more arid southern portions of the San Joaquin Valley.
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Non-mountain areas have sagebrush steppe vegetation; cool season grasses and Mollisols are more common than in the hotter-drier basins of Ecoregion 13 where Aridisols support sagebrush, shadscale, and greasewood.
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Mollisols are widespread and are unlike the Aridisols that are common in Ecoregions 13b and 13c.
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Soils are mostly Entisols and Aridisols; they are mostly shallow and clayey and contain salts and gypsum.
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Soils grade upslope from mesic Aridisols to frigid Mollisols; Entisols also occur on fans, floodplains, and valley bottoms.
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Aridisols cover plateau tops, older terraces, and alluvial fans.
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Aridisols dominate all basin and lowland areas; forest soils are found at higher elevations.
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