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Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Vegetation Units

Non-Tussock Graminoid Tundras - Tussock Graminoid Tundras - Prostrate Dwarf-ShrubTundras - Erect Dwarf-Shrub Tundras - Low-Shrub Tundras - Wetlands

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Barrens Complex

• B2.1 Lichens on lava (Seward Peninsula)
• B2.1 Lichens on lava (Seward Peninsula)
• B3e.1 Acidic mountain complexes (Brooks Range)
• B3e.2 Acidic mountain complexes (NW Alaska)
• B3e.2 Acidic mountain complexes (NW Alaska)
• B4e.1 Nonacidic mountain complexes (Brooks Range)
• B4e.2 Nonacidic mountain complexes (NW Alaska)
• B4e.2 Nonacidic mountain complexes (NW Alaska)

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Non-Tussock Graminoid Tundras

• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.1 Moist nonacidic tundra (N. Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G3.3 Moist nonacidic tundra (Arctic Foothills, Seward Peninsula)
• G3.3 Moist nonacidic tundra (Arctic Foothills, Seward Peninsula)

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Tussock Graminoid Tundras

• G4.1 Tussock tundra (entire map)
• G4.2 Lichen-rich tussock tundra (Seward Peninsula)
• G4.3 Tussock tundra on sands (Arctic Coastal Plain)
• G4.3 Tussock tundra on sands (Arctic Coastal Plain)

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Prostrate Dwarf-Shrub Tundras

• P2.1 Dry tundra (St. Matthew Is.)
• P2.1 Dry tundra (St. Matthew Is.)
• P2.1 Dry tundra (St. Matthew Is.)

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Erect Dwarf-Shrub Tundras

• S1.1 Shrubby, tussock tundra (NE Alaska)
• S1.1 Shrubby, tussock tundra (NE Alaska)
• S1.2 Dwarf-shrub, lichen tundra (NW Alaska)
• S1.2 Dwarf-shrub, lichen tundra (NW Alaska)

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Low-Shrub Tundras

• S2.1 Willow-birch tundra (entire map)
• S2.1 Willow-birch tundra (entire map)
• S2.1 Willow-birch tundra (entire map)
• S2.1 Willow-birch tundra (entire map)
• S2.1 Willow-birch tundra (entire map)
• S2.1 Willow-birch tundra (entire map)
• S2.1 Willow-birch tundra (entire map)
• S2.2 Alder shrublands (entire map)
• S2.2 Alder shrublands (entire map)

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Wetlands

• W1.1 Wet acidic coastal complex (N Alaska)
• W1.1 Wet acidic coastal complex (N Alaska)
• W1.1 Wet acidic coastal complex (N Alaska)

• W1.2 Wet nonacidic coastal complex (N Alaska)
• W1.2 Wet nonacidic coastal complex (N Alaska)

• W2.2 Wet nonacidic complex (Subzone D, N Alaska)
• W2.2 Wet nonacidic complex (Subzone D, N Alaska)
• W2.2 Wet nonacidic complex (Subzone D, N Alaska)
• W2.2 Wet nonacidic complex (Subzone D, N Alaska)
• W2.2 Wet nonacidic complex (Subzone D, N Alaska)
• W2.2 Wet nonacidic complex (Subzone D, N Alaska)
• W2.2 Wet nonacidic complex (Subzone D, N Alaska)

• W3.5 Wet acidic complex (Nunivak Is.)

• W3.6 Wet nonacidic complex (warmer parts of NW Alaska)

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