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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Soil Chemical Characteristics, Plot SW-51

	Horizon pH Cations Anions CA++ Mg++ K+ NO3 meq/100g µg/g meq/100g µg/g meq/100g µg/g µg/g Oa 4.0 8.66 1732 4.27 521 0.48 187 5.52 A 4.2 9.11 1823 3.98 403 0.14 54 0.00 Bw1 4.4 3.56 713 1.45 177 0.08 31 0.00 Bw2 4.5 3.12 623 1.29 157 0.08 31 0.00 *USDA size classes: coarse gravel: 76.1 - 12.7 mm; fine gravel 12.7 - 2.00 mm; sand: 2.00 - 0.05 mm; silt: 0.05 - 0.002 mm; clay: <0.002 mm. **In wet tussock tundra, Bw horizons based on following criteria: 1) subangular blocky structure, 2) accumulation of organic matter, 3) development of color chroma
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