Imnavait Creek Permanent Vegetation Plots

Walker DA, Lederer ND, and Walker MD. 1987. Permanent vegetation plots: Site factors, soil physical and chemical properties and plant species cover. Department of Energy R4D Program, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

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Appendices: Plot and soil photos // Equivalent vegetation units // Plot location map

Table 7. Soil chemical characteristics for the R4D permanent vegetation plots

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Plot No.	Horizon	pH	Cations						Anions
			CA++		Mg++		K+		NO3
			meq/100g	µg/g	meq/100g	µg/g	meq/100g	µg/g	ug/g
SW-1	Oe	4.8	29.14	5828	10.18	1238	1.76	690	33.29
SW-1	BA	3.9	3.08	616	1.31	159	0.13	49
SW-2 *	IOe	5.6	15.98	3196	5.18	630	0.52	204	21.44
SW-2 *	IA	4.0	4.54	908	1.42	173	0.10	41	6.12
SW-2 *	IIOeb	4.1	6.69	1338	1.68	205	0.16	63	6.69
SW-2 *	IIBA	4.3	1.70	341	0.48	58	0.06	24	3.14
SW-3	Oi	4.5	31.28	6256	9.85	1198	2.89	1131
SW-3	Oe	4.2	14.14	2828	2.97	362	0.32	124	14.26
SW-3	BA	3.9	2.16	432	0.41	50	0.14	55
SW-4A	Oe	4.7	23.23	4645	4.51	548	1.64	642
SW-4A	Bw1	4.6	2.50	499	0.54	65	0.09	34
SW-4A	BW2	4.1	1.29	259	0.24	29	0.13	51	3.49
SW-5	Oi	5.4	32.49	6498	8.55	1040	1.93	754
SW-5	Bw	4.5	0.96	192	0.24	29	0.05	2	2.48
SW-6 *	Oe	4.7	20.05	4010	4.40	534	1.15	450
SW-6 *	A	4.2	5.59	1119	1.26	154	0.21	81
SW-6 *	Bw1	4.5	1.24	247	0.28	34	0.09	34
SW-6 *	Bw2	4.5	0.97	194	0.25	30	0.07	28
SW-7	Oi	3.9	7.52	1503	2.02	246	0.37	147
SW-7	Oe	6.0	22.14	4428	6.07	738	1.93	754	25.82
SW-7	Bw	4.3	1.29	258	0.31	38	0.06	24
SW-8 *	Oe	4.6	27.45	5490	6.29	765	2.15	839
SW-8 *	BA	4.5	1.84	368	0.50	61	0.11	42
SW-9	Oi	3.5	5.70	1140	2.78	339	2.32	906
SW-9	A	3.6	1.03	208	0.50	61	0.38	148	4.36
SW-9	Bw1	3.9	0.20	41	0.13	15	0.09	37
SW-9	Bw2	4.3
SW-10	Oi	5.0	24.69	4938	10.44	1269	3.32	1297
SW-10	Oe	4.8	14.70	2941	5.84	711	1.74	682	11.65
SW-10	Oa	3.9	4.39	878	1.70	207	0.39	15
SW-10	BA	4.2	0.99	198	0.30	36	0.06	25
SW-11 *	Oi	5.7	7.44	1489	3.68	448	1.36	533
SW-11 *	Oa	4.5	3.56	711	1.28	155	0.40	156
SW-11 *	BA	4.3	0.76	151	0.23	27	0.09	34
SW-12	Oi	3.9	15.26	3052	4.14	504	2.41	943
SW-12	Oa	4.5	7.68	1535	1.71	208	0.51	200	56.60
SW-12	BA	4.4	1.39	278	0.27	33	0.06	25	11.09
SW-13	Oi	3.9	15.83	3167	5.30	644	1.81	707
SW-13	Oa	4.0	12.91	2582	3.42	416	0.61	239	6.35
SW-13	BA	4.2	2.04	408	0.48	59	0.06	23
SW-14	Oe	4.6	18.26	3652	5.30	644	1.02	398	17.07
SW-14	Oa	4.7	4.76	950	1.16	141	0.36	141	5.99
SW-15	Oi	4.0	25.11	5022	10.28	1250	2.02	790
SW-15	Oe	4.0	3.86	773	1.29	157	0.15	60
SW-16 *	Oi1	4.7	6.30	1260	1.61	196	0.55	216	19.20
SW-16 *	Oi2	4.2	4.33	866	0.90	110	0.09	33	3.53
SW-16 *	Oi3	4.1	4.91	483	0.91	111	0.07	26	3.24
SW-17	Oi1	3.7	13.11	2622	8.15	991	2.42	947
SW-17	Oi2	3.7	12.25	2450	5.64	685	0.90	352	10.60
SW-17	Oe	3.8	3.64	728	1.31	159	0.40	156
SW-18	Oi1	4.5	14.53	2907	4.22	513	1.30	507
SW-18	Oi2	4.9	10.77	2154	3.25	396	0.97	379	35.00
SW-18	Oe	4.0	8.32	1664	1.87	228	0.26	101
SW-18	Oa	3.6	3.92	784	1.22	148	0.13	49	5.03
SW-18	A	4.1	2.13	425	0.62	75	0.04	15
SW-19 *	Oi	4.1	8.76	1752	3.93	478	2.46	961	5.86
SW-19 *	Oe	4.5	10.06	2012	3.05	371	0.81	316	3.18
SW-19 *	Oa	4.3	5.43	1087	1.27	154	0.34	134	19.32
SW-19 *	A	3.9	1.26	252	0.33	41	0.04	14	2.56
SW-20	Oi	3.7	12.48	2495	4.03	490	1.61	628	7.40
SW-20	Oe	3.8	7.19	1438	1.81	220	0.31	122	8.03
SW-20	Oa	4.0	3.60	720	0.69	84	0.12	48	9.68
SW-20	A	4.1	0.95	190	0.34	42	0.04	15	2.23
SW-21A	Oi	4.1	5.38	1077	2.71	330	0.92	361	8.21
SW-21A	Oe	4.4	4.20	840	0.95	115	0.18	70
SW-21A	Oa1	3.8	3.51	701	0.71	86	0.03	13
SW-21A	Oa2	4.2	4.18	835	0.68	82	0.04	17
SW-22A *	Oi1	4.5	9.78	1955	3.88	471	1.15	449	17.70
SW-22A *	Oi2	3.9	6.00	1200	2.47	300	0.45	176	12.25
SW-22A *	Oe1	3.9	5.01	983	1.80	219	0.17	67	6.05
SW-22A *	Oe2	4.3	3.88	777	0.74	90	0.08	31	9.40
SW-22A *	Oa	3.8	3.15	631	0.60	72	0.02	9	2.38
SW-23	Oi1	4.2	8.45	1690	2.25	274	0.83	324
SW-23	Oi2	4.4	8.27	1653	1.46	178	0.23	89	16.59
SW-23	Oe1	4.3	6.18	1235	0.84	102	0.07	26	3.50
SW-23	Oe2	3.9	3.68	736	0.63	76	0.03	13
SW-23	Oa	4.1	4.26	851	0.77	94	0.08	32
SW-24 *	Oi	4.0	18.66	3732	10.03	1220	1.64	643	15.89
SW-24 *	Oe	3.7	5.99	1198	2.48	301	0.44	170	45.70
SW-24 *	Oa1	3.6	1.85	370	0.57	69	0.05	18	2.87
SW-24 *	Oa2	3.8	3.13	626	0.77	94	0.07	29	4.20
SW-25A	Oi	4.5	20.97	4195	10.11	1230	2.39	935
SW-25A	Oe1	4.1	4.68	937	2.35	286	0.62	243	2.82
SW-25A	Oe2	4.3	2.91	582	0.63	77	0.10	40
SW-25A	Oa	3.8	1.82	364	0.44	54	0.04	16
SW-26	A	4.3	20.78	4157	1.97	239	0.58	23	5.98
SW-26	Bw1	6.1	8.00	1599	0.50	61	0.12	45
SW-26	Bw2	6.2	11.10	2221	0.57	69	0.16	64
SW-27	Oe	5.2	28.79	5758	4.71	572	0.33	129	23.14
SW-27	Oa	4.9	32.55	6509	2.99	36	0.25	97
SW-27	A	4.6	19.43	3885	2.04	248	0.18	70
SW-27	Bw	4.8	3.24	649	0.49	60	0.05	19
SW-28	A	4.4	5.56	1111	1.57	191	0.56	219
SW-28	Bw1	3.9	0.29	58	0.11	14	0.08	31	3.17
SW-28	Bw2	4.3	0.34	69	0.11	13	0.05	20
SW-29A	Oi	3.7	9.02	1804	3.19	388	1.24	486	8.77
SW-29A	A	4.0	2.84	568	1.12	136	0.55	216	7.47
SW-29A	Bw	4.0	2.27	454	0.49	59	0.08	32	4.85
SW-29B	Bw	4.6	1.73	346	0.28	34	0.05	19	2.21
SW-30A	A	4.2	4.75	950	1.68	204	0.74	290
SW-30A	Bw1	4.2	0.90	180	0.30	36	0.08	33	4.27
SW-30A	Bw2	5.0	9.40	1879	2.01	244	0.23	90
SW-30B	Bw1	4.5	2.05	409	0.60	73	0.11	42	4.31
SW-30B	Bw2	5.2	8.69	6000	2.10	887	0.29	398
SW-31	Oe	4.9	38.73	7746	8.73	1061	1.18	462
SW-31	Oa	4.6	30.10	6020	5.48	666	0.40	156	13.83
SW-31	A	4.4	8.82	1764	1.89	230	0.11	43
SW-31	BA	4.8	13.62	2723	2.58	316	0.15	60
SW-32A *	A	4.0	3.32	664	1.41	171	0.54	210	4.44
SW-32A *	Bw1	4.8	2.95	590	0.84	103	0.11	42	1.93
SW-32A *	Bw2	5.1	6.72	1343	1.59	193	0.17	65	1.55
SW-32B *	Bw1	4.6	2.57	514	0.98	119	0.12	48	1.74
SW-32B *	Bw2	4.6	1.51	302	0.44	53	0.15	59	2.51
SW-33 *	A	4.3	4.63	925	1.87	227	0.32	126	21.75
SW-33 *	BA	4.3	1.61	322	0.65	79	0.13	52	2.90
SW-33 *	Bw	4.3	1.42	284	0.55	67	0.10	39	2.54
SW-34	Oe	6.6	12.54	2507	5.29	644	1.77	693
SW-34	Oa	3.8	7.46	1493	2.77	336	0.16	62	20.04
SW-34	BA	4.4	1.61	323	0.61	74	0.04	17
SW-35A	Oi	5.1	20.50	4099	6.53	794	2.21	865
SW-35A	Oa	4.2	7.37	1474	2.42	294	0.33	130	56.00
SW-35A	BA	4.1	1.27	254	0.47	57	0.06	24
SW-36A	Oe	5.3	36.33	7865	9.40	1144	1.62	632
SW-36A	Oa	4.3	10.96	2192	1.85	224	0.32	126	16.59
SW-36A	Bw	4.2	2.17	435	0.42	50	0.05	19
SW-37	Oi1	4.1	4.96	991	0.98	119	0.16	64
SW-37	Oi2	4.4	3.40		0.67		0.12		3.86
SW-37	Bw	4.1	1.20		0.32		0.03
SW-38	A	3.5	2.30		0.95		0.46
SW-38	Bw	4.0	0.17	34	0.07	9	0.10	39	2.05
SW-39	A	3.8	3.02		1.63		0.85
SW-39	Bw1	3.5	0.56	112	0.26	32	0.10	40	3.94
SW-39	Bw2	4.2	0.57		0.13		0.05
SW-40	A	3.8	2.58	515	0.95	115	0.38	148	4.33
SW-40	Bw	3.7	0.16		0.05		0.03
SW-41	A	4.2	10.21	2041	2.62	319	0.35	138	90.10
SW-41	Bw	4.5	1.00		0.28		0.05
SW-42 *	A	5.1	19.52	3904	5.92	722	0.89	350	11.22
SW-42 *	Bw	4.8	1.95	39	0.88	11	0.11	4	2.95
SW-43	A	3.4	1.45	29	1.67	203	0.40	155	4.82
SW-43	Bw1	3.8	0.15	30	0.17	21	0.08	31
SW-43	Bw2	3.9	0.29	58	0.19	23	0.09	34
SW-44A	Oa	4.2	11.72	2344	4.04	492	1.02	397	4.42
SW-44A	A	4.3	6.14	1228	1.80	220	0.17	66
SW-44A	Bw	4.9	3.24	649	0.91	110	0.12	48
SW-45	Oe	4.4	8.14	1628	2.32	284	0.82	322
SW-45	Oa	4.0	4.11	822	1.13	138	0.29	114	8.02
SW-45	BA	4.3	1.62	325	0.50	61	0.12	48
SW-46	Oi
SW-46	Oe	5.2	15.50	3099	2.77	338	0.45	176	17.28
SW-46	Oa	3.4	2.00	400	0.98	120	0.42	165
SW-47	Oe	6.3	34.14	6827	6.77	826	0.80	314	10.16
SW-47	A/B	4.2	5.37	1073	1.83	224	1.02	61
SW-48	Oe
SW-48	Oa	4.1	12.20	2441	4.62	563	1.26	92	4.72
SW-49	Oe		12.04	2407	4.64	566	1.95	762
SW-49	Oa1	3.4	3.16	632	1.00	241	0.21	81	1.22
SW-49	Oa2	3.7	3.80	759	0.76	93	0.24	93
SW-50	Oe	4.7	34.89	6979	8.95	1093	1.54	600	11.59
SW-50	BA	4.3	5.93	1186	1.96	239	0.11	42
SW-51	Oa	4.0	8.66	1732	4.27	521	0.48	187	5.52
SW-51	A	4.2	9.11	1823	3.98	403	0.14	54
SW-51	Bw1	4.4	3.56	713	1.45	177	0.08	31
SW-51	Bw2	4.5	3.12	623	1.29	157	0.08	31
SW-52	Oa	4.4	12.42	2484	4.41	539	1.06	416	10.98
SW-52	A	4.2	1.93	385	1.07	130	0.02	52
SW-52	Bw	5.0	5.21	1042	1.62	197	0.14	55
SW-53	A	5.5	6.24	1248	3.57	436	0.31	119	7.57
SW-53	Bw	5.1	4.39	878	2.28	278	0.11	44
SW-54	A	5.3	5.85	1169	2.87	350	0.31	120	3.91
SW-54	Bw	5.0	3.71	742	1.78	218	0.15	58
SW-55	A	4.2	4.05	811	1.88	229	0.17	67	3.76
SW-56	Oe
SW-56	Oa	4.2	11.69	2339	3.76	459	0.34	133	3.13
SW-56	Bw	6.1	11.03	2206	1.95	238	0.16	64
SW-57	IA	4.3	5.95	1190	2.15	262	0.16	80	3.24
SW-57	IBw	4.7	7.18	1436	1.72	219	0.13	51
SW-57	IIBw	6.0	9.00	1799	2.21	269	0.16	64
SW-58A	A	5.4	22.01	4401	7.34	896	0.60	235	4.37
SW-58B	Bw	6.0	4.90	980	2.91	355	0.20	76	3.89
SW-59	Oa	5.8	86.27	17255	4.57	558	0.28	110	5.12
SW-59	A	5.8	17.94	3589	1.12	126	0.13	51
SW-59	Bw	5.8	12.05	2410	0.80	97	0.12	46
SW-60	A1	4.5	11.54	2308	5.51	672	0.50	196	1.94
SW-60	A2	4.3	5.84	1167	3.11	380	0.17	67
SW-60	Bw	5.6	9.02	1804	3.51	428	0.18	72
SW-61	Oi
SW-61	Oe	4.9	38.72	7745	7.94	969	0.66	260	5.43
SW-61	BA	4.4	5.50	1100	2.13	260	0.13	53
SW-62	Oi
SW-62	Oe	4.6	13.61	2723	2.69	328	0.52	205	4.12
SW-62	Bw	4.4	2.25	449	0.84	102	0.11	45
SW-65	Oi	5.4	10.97	2195	10.85	1323	0.19	74	8.39
SW-67	Oa	3.7	10.55	2111	1.29	157	0.50	195
SW-72	A	5.3	9.58	1915	1.90	232	0.26	102
SW-73	A	5.1	7.41	1481	1.52	186	0.16	64

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