Component Projects-Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Tussock-sedge, dwarf-shrub, moss tundra, Community No. 16, on stabilized sand dunes near Inigok, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

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Tussock-sedge, dwarf-shrub, moss tundra, Community No. 16, on stabilized sand dunes near Inigok, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. (Photo: D.A. Walker.)

Tussock-sedge, dwarf-shrub, moss tundra on stabilized sand dune, Community No. 16. Atakasuk, Alaska

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Tussock-sedge, dwarf-shrub, moss tundra on stabilized sand dune, Community No. 16. Atakasuk, Alaska (Photo: D.A. Walker.)

Vegetation Units

G4.3 Tussock tundra on sands (Arctic Coastal Plain)

Tussock-sedge, dwarf-shrub, moss communities (comm. 16) on sands, in complex with lakes and wet tundra (comm. 20). Northern Arctic Coastal Plain, Subzone D.

Plant Communities:

Community 16

Map 2, Unit 8, mesic stabilized sands (Komarkova and Webber 1980) (Atqasuk).

Community 20

Map 2, Unit 16, wet marshes (Komarkova and Webber 1980) (Atqasuk).

Alaska Geobotany Center - Institute of Arctic Biology - University of Alaska Fairbanks
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