Component Projects-Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Moist tundra component of unit W1.1, Community No. 2 on acidic soils; Barrow, Alaska

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Moist tundra component of unit W1.1, Community No. 2 on acidic soils; Barrow, Alaska. (Photo: D.A. Walker.)

Wet tundra complex; Barrow, Alaska

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Wet tundra complex; Barrow, Alaska. (Photo: D.A. Walker.)

Wet sedge, moss tundra complex, Community Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Barrow, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska (Photo: D.A. Walker.)

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Wet sedge, moss tundra complex, Community Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Barrow, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska (Photo: D.A. Walker.)

Vegetation Units

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

Wet graminoid, moss communities (comm. 4) on wet acidic coastal areas, with moist communities (comm. 2,3) on higher microsites. Northern Arctic Coastal Plain.

Plant Communities:

Community 2

Nodum IV (Webber 1978); Type 6 and 7 (Walker 1977); Saxifraga cernua-Carex aquatilis comm. (Elias et al. 1995) (Barrow, moist, fine-grained soils).

Community 3

Nodum 1 (Webber 1978); Type 5 (Walker 1977); Sphaerophorus globosus-Luzula confusa comm., subtype Saxifraga foliolosa  (Elias et al. 1995) (mesic high-centered polygons, zonal vegetation in Barrow area).

Community 4

Noda V and VI (Webber 1978); Types 9, 10, 12 and 13 (Walker 1977); Eriophorum angustifolium-Carex aquatilis comm. (Elias et al. 1995) (Barrow, wet sites without standing water).

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