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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Environmental Information, Plot SW-21B

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Date sampled:8/5/84Tussock Thaw Depth:53 cm
Landform: Colluvial basinInter-Tussock Thaw Depth: 
Terrain Unit: Basin colluviumBare Soil0%
Slope:Rock0%
Aspect:Soil Type Histic Pergelic Cryaquept
Exposure (scalar)**:1.8Soil Moisture (scalar)**:7.0
Surface Form: Strangmoor or aligned hummocks in bogsLow shrub cover:1%
Microsite: HummockDwarf shrub cover:1%
Microsite Cover:8%Average shrub height:5 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:6.0Tussock Graminoid Cover:0.0%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:3.0Nontussock Graminoid Cover:1.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:0 cmForb Cover:0.3%
Stability (scalar)**:2.5Lichen Cover:1%
Cryoturbation:0Bryophyte Cover:3%
Microrelief Height:20 cm 
*Mean of five measurements
**Scalar values (Exposure, Site Moisture, Est. Snow Duration, Stability, and Soil Moisture) are linked to Table 3. Legend for the environmental variables used in the R4D vegetation studies