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-35A

Date sampled:	8/7/84	Tussock Thaw Depth:	56 cm
Landform:	Sideslope	Inter-Tussock Thaw Depth:
Terrain Unit:	Hillslope deposits (undifferentiated retransported deposits)	Bare Soil	0%
Slope:	8°	Rock	0%
Aspect:	90°	Soil Type	Histic Pergelic Cryaquept
Exposure (scalar)**:	1.5	Soil Moisture (scalar)**:	6.0
Surface Form:	Gelifluction or solifluction features	Low shrub cover:	40%
Microsite:	Top of solifluction lobe	Dwarf shrub cover:	5%
Microsite Cover:	70%	Average shrub height:	30 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:	7.0	Tussock Graminoid Cover:	0.3%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:	5.0	Nontussock Graminoid Cover:	20.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:	80 cm	Forb Cover:	10%
Stability (scalar)**:	3.0	Lichen Cover:	0.3%
Cryoturbation:	0	Bryophyte Cover:	60%
Microrelief Height:	28 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