Component Projects-Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

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Vegetation Units

G3.3 Moist nonacidic tundra (Arctic Foothills, Seward P.)

Non-tussock sedge, dwarf-shrub, forb, moss communities (comm. 75) on mesic non-acidic loess. Arctic Foothills of the Brooks Range and Seward Peninsula, Subzone E.

Plant Communities:

Community 75:

Dryado integrifoliae-Caricetum bigelowii, moist calcareous tundra (Walker et al. 1994) (Toolik Lake).

Vegetation type Bigelow's sedge tussock dwarf-shrub tundra (Racine and Anderson 1979); Releves R6,7a,33,37,57,58 (Raynolds et al. 2002) (Seward Peninsula).