Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation
Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map, Vegetation Units
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- Barrens
B1. Cryptogam, herb barren
B2. Cryptogam barren complex (bedrock)
B3. Noncarbonate mountain complex
B4. Carbonate mountain complex
- Graminoid Tundras
G1. Rush/grass, forb, cryptogam tundra
G2. Graminoid, prostrate dwarf-shrub, forb tundra
G3. Non-tussock sedge, dwarf-shrub, moss tundra
G4. Tussock-sedge, dwarf-shrub, moss tundra
- Prostrate-shrub tundras
P1. Prostrate dwarf-shrub, herb tundra
P2. Prostrate/hemiprostrate dwarf-shrub tundra
- Erect-shrub tundras
S1. Erect dwarf-shrub tundra
S2. Low-shrub tundra
- Wetlands
W1. Sedge/grass, moss wetland
W2. Sedge, moss, dwarf-shrub wetland
W3. Sedge, moss, low-shrub wetland