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-4A

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Date sampled:8/3/84Tussock Thaw Depth:64 cm
Landform: SideslopeInter-Tussock Thaw Depth:48 cm
Terrain Unit: Hillslope deposits (undifferentiated retransported deposits)Bare Soil2%
Slope:Rock0%
Aspect:260°Soil Type Pergelic Cryaquept
Exposure (scalar)**:2.0Soil Moisture (scalar)**:9.0
Surface Form: Well defined hillslope watertracks (>1.0m relief)Low shrub cover:8%
Microsite: In water trackDwarf shrub cover:15%
Microsite Cover:30%Average shrub height:0 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:8.0Tussock Graminoid Cover:40.0%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:3.8Nontussock Graminoid Cover:11.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:35 cmForb Cover:3%
Stability (scalar)**:2.8Lichen Cover:0.3%
Cryoturbation:0Bryophyte Cover:60%
Microrelief Height:18 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