Component Projects-Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

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Vegetation Units

W3.7 Wet coastal saline tundra (Y-K delta)

Wet sedge communities (comm. 55) in slightly saline coastal areas. Areas of theYukon-Kuskokwim Delta periodically inundated by storm surges, Subzone E.

Plant Communities:

Community 55

Map Units W1, W8, W9, M9 (Tande and Jennings 1986); Map Unit 24 slightly brackish wet sedge-shrub meadow (Jorgenson 2000) (Yukon-Kuskowkim Delta).


Sedge: Carex ramenskii, Carex rariflora, Carex lyngbyaei;
Prostrate dwarf shrub: Salix fuscescens;
Forb: Comarum palustre