Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305
Table 8. Annual evapotranspiration rates reported for selected types of xerophytic vegetation in various locations.
| Vegetation type | Location | Reported evapotranspiration rate (feet per year) |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xerophytic | Paradise Valley, Nev. | 10.75 | Loeltz and others (1949, p. 35) |
| Xerophytic | North-central Nev. | 20.8–1.0 | Berger (2000, p. 20) |
| Xerophytic | North-central Nev. | 11.0 | Plume (1995, p. 55) |
| Xerophytic (upland desert) | Ruby Mountains, Nev. | 21.0 | Berger and others (2001, p. 16) |
| Ponderosa Pine | Northern New Mexico | 11.5 | Brandes and Wilcox (2000, p. 36) |
| Ponderosa Pine and bitterbrush | Eagle Valley, Nev. | 10.9–1.6 | Maurer and Berger (1997, tables 8 and 9) |
| Lodgepole Pine | Colorado | 21.5 | Bossong and others (2003, p. 36) |
| Pinyon and juniper | Tracy, Nev. | 11.0 | Thodal and Tumbusch (2006, table 6) |
| Sagebrush | Tracy, Nev. | 11.0 | Thodal and Tumbusch (2006, table 6) |
| Sagebrush and bitterbrush | Eagle Valley, Nev. | 10.8–1.1 | Maurer and Berger (1997, tables 8 and 9) |
| Bitterbrush | Carson Valley, western alluvial fans | 21.5 | Maurer and others (2004, p. 22) |
1Estimated as residual from water balance.
2Estimated from micrometeorological measurements.
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