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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Table 8. DOE/R4D Permanent Study Plot Vegetation Data, Species Cover (Percent), Sorted by Growth Form

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Crustose lichen
Caloplaca sp.                                                                      +              
Caloplaca jungermanniae                                                             +                      
Candelariella sp.                                                                +                    
Dermatocarpon lachneum                                                               +                    
Haematomma lapponicum                                              +                          +          
Lecanora sp.                                                               +                     
Lecanora epibryon                                                              1                     
Lecidea sp.                                                 +                                   
Lecidea demissa         +                                        +                               + 
Lecidea flavocaerulescens                                       +        +                        12         
Mycoblastis sanguinarius                                                  +                                 
Ochrolechia sp.                                                ++                                   
Ochrolechia frigida                                                                         +          
Pertusaria sp.                                                 +                  1+               
Pertusaria bryontha                                       +                                            
Pertusaria dactylina      +  +                   +    ++++++      ++  1 ++        +   +                 
Pertusaria panygra         +                     +     ++          +                                  
Polyblastia gelatinosa                                                     5                              
Psoroma hypnorum                                       +      + ++                ++      +       + 
Rhizocarpon geographicum                               1       +      +++                  ++    202         
Rinodina turfacea                                                               +                    
Unknown crustose lichen                                       +          +5          + ++ +1    1025  +      
Xanthoria centrifuga                                                                         510         
Xanthoria separata                               +       +      +   1           ++   ++     +         
Foliose lichen
Asahinea chrysantha                               +++++   1      ++  2+++        +++- 5++              
Asahinea scholanderi                               +                                                    
Hypogymnia subobscura                               5       +          1           1++    +               
Nephroma arcticum                                + +++           1               +++++  +              
Nephroma expallidum                                                  +             ++                 ++ 
Ochrolechia upsaliensis                                                             +1    5+               
Parmelia omphalodes                               +              +                + + ++    +1         
Parmelia septentrionalis          +  +                                                                      
Parmelia stygia                                                                         +          
Parmelia sulcata                                                                          2         
Peltigera sp. +  ++++ + + +                   + +  +        +++ ++            ++                  
Peltigera aphthosa + +1++ +   ++               +  + + ++ + +        + +++  ++ ++ + -1+++++   ++          + 
Peltigera canina                                                             ++                     
Peltigera horizontalis                                                      +                             
Peltigera leucophlebia                                                 -                                  
Peltigera malacea   ++                                                       1         +             
Peltigera polydactyla  +              +                                                                  
Peltigera scabrosa  +    ++ +  +   +            +   +++    +               + +           +++           
Solorina sp.                                +       -                                            
Solorina bispora                                                              +-                    
Solorina crocea                                +                                                 + 
Solorina saccata                                                                     +              
Umbilicaria sp.                                        +                                            
Umbilicaria caroliniana                                                                         1          
Umbilicaria hyperborea                                              + +                  ++     5         
Umbilicaria proboscidea                               +                                         55         
Forbs, Horsetails, Ferns, Clubmosses, Spikemosses
Acomastylis rossii                                                                     ++              
Aconitum delphinifolium delphinifolium                  ++                                     +                         +++
Anemone sp.                                                              +                +     
Anemone drummondii                                                              1                     
Anemone parviflora                              +                         +                          +
Antennaria alpina var. media                                       1          +          +++                    
Arnica frigida                 +           ++      + +         +                                  
Arnica lessingii                                + +                          1                    +2
Artemisia arctica arctica                                       -        52+     -   +2        +   +   +   +1
Astragalus umbellatus                                                                     ++              
Bistorta plumosa  + ++1+4+1 11               ++ + 1+++  ++ +   5+2- ++++-++ ++   +11  1++++     +     
Bistorta vivipara     -      +     ++          ++ + + +    + +     +  +   + +      +   +         ++  +
Bupleurum triradiatum                                                  +          1+                     
Campanula lasiocarpa                  -                                                                 
Cardamine pratensis angustifolia -                                                                                  
Douglasia ochotensis                                                              +++   ++               
Draba sp.                                                               ++   +                
Equisetum arvense 1                                                                   +             ++
Equisetum scirpoides                             +                                       +              
Equisetum variegatum variegatum                                                                     +              
Erigeron muirii                                                              ++                     
Eritrichium aretioides                                                              +                     
Gentiana glauca                                                +                                   
Hippuris vulgaris                                             5                             +        
Huperzia selago ssp. appressa              -       +    + +    ++             -              +++                +
Minuartia arctica                                 +     -                                            
Minuartia obtusiloba                                                  +          +++++   ++               
Novosieversia glacialis                                                                  3  1              
Orthilia secunda ssp. obtusata                             +                                                      
Oxytropis sp.                                                               +                     
Oxytropis nigrescens s.l.                                                              ++3   ++               
Papaver macounii                                                                     ++              
Parrya nudicaulis s.l.                              +                                   +++  +              
Pedicularis albolabiata     -            +  ++2++ +1++                         +                           
Pedicularis capitata                             ++ ++               ++  ++      ++   +++  ++++            ++
Pedicularis kanei kanei- + +         +              ++ ++ + +        -  +  +       +   +++                 
Pedicularis labradorica       -       -  +                                                     +           
Pedicularis langsdorfii                                ++++ +             +                                 
Pedicularis lapponica+    ++++  + ++31 + +++   + +1                                                        
Petasites frigidus+  351222 52++               +2 ++2+20++ 2010 3+       ++1++1++      ++    +++     ++   1
Phlox sibirica sibirica                                                             ++                     
Polemonium acutiflorum +        ++                            +  1+             +                   2   ++
Potentilla uniflora                                                             ++                     
Pyrola grandiflora    +++ +         +            1   + ++    +       +    1    +    ++33    ++++           
Ranunculus sp.                                                                                    +
Saussurea angustifolia                                                                     +              
Saxifraga bronchialis funstonii                                       +          +          + -+                 + 
Saxifraga cernua +                                                      +               +           
Saxifraga foliolosa                  +                                                                 
Saxifraga nelsoniana + +++++    +                           ++ 1            ++++    +++++  +-++         ++
Saxifraga nivalis                                                  +          2+    +  -           + 
Saxifraga rivularis                                                                                  ++ 
Saxifraga tricuspidata                                                             ++                     
Selaginella sibirica                                       -          1          11++   ++               
Senecio atropurpureus frigidus+     ++                      +     ++                +    +  - ++++    +            
Silene acaulis                                                                                  + 
Smelowskia calycina                                                             ++++   ++               
Sparganium hyperboreum                                             50                             4070       
Stellaria longipes +                           +                              +        ++       +    +
Tofieldia pusilla                             +                                                      
Unknown dicot-                                                       +      + +                  
Valeriana capitata +                ++                        +            + 2            ++      ++     
Fruticose lichen
Alectoria nigricans                          -  +    ++  +15      2+ +5 +      +   +   ++    ++  +      
Alectoria ochroleuca        -5                   1 32+++   3      33  275++       +++ ++10++ + 55  +      
Baeomyces sp.          +                                       +              +                 + 
Cetraria sp.          3                                                                          
Cetraria andrejevii                                +    +++       +                                    
Cetraria commixta                                                                   55               
Cetraria cucullata+ + ++2+3++ ++++ + +  +   10+ 5+510 2++2++ +    55 10+510+2+ 1 1205++515++515++++   5      
Cetraria delisei                                                                                   1
Cetraria fastigiata             ++                                                         +           
Cetraria hepatizon                                                                          2         
Cetraria inermis                                    +                                               
Cetraria islandica+ + +++++1  + ++ +    +   1  +++1 +++  +      1115++++++  + ++++++++++++3+++++  +     +
Cetraria kamczatica      +                      +    +            +   +++             +               ++ 
Cetraria laevigata                                     ++                                             
Cetraria nigricans         +                     +     +++          +           +          203         
Cetraria nivalis  +     735                +  25+105+3+ +++      2025+ 5151+   + +18515++++5+  1+         
Cetraria pinastri          +                                                                         
Cetraria richardsonii  +   + ++  +  +             +  ++++++++      ++++11++      1+  111  5+            ++
Cetraria sepincola             + +                                                                    
Cetraria tilesii                                                                    +               
Cladonia spp. +     + 210  ++ + +    +   +    +    +10 5      5+6-+++++1  + ++++++++++   ++++  +  + ++ 
Cladonia alaskana                                       5                              +             
Cladonia amaurocraea+ + ++ ++++ +  + +    +   5  ++++ ++++++      +++ ++++1+   13+ +1++2  +++++1  10      
Cladonia arbuscula    + + +             +      101   10++++       +1025151+5+     +10   20 20  ++++ 11         
Cladonia carneola+ +     + + +             +                                +                        
Cladonia cenotea+ +   +                                                    +                 +      
Cladonia chlorophaea               +          +       1+           + +          +                     ++
Cladonia coccifera         +                      +   +++       +++++                   +  +          
Cladonia cornuta                                               +                                    
Cladonia deformis                          +                    +           +                        
Cladonia ecmocyna                                                                             +    + 
Cladonia fimbriata      +   +                                                                         
Cladonia gracilis  2 ++1+23+ +             3  +++2 3++2+  +    2275+++++  ++  5   335  ++++11  5    + 
Cladonia macrophylla         +                                    + +  +     +                          
Cladonia mitis+ 1 +  +++  + +  +        5     5+   ++       +            +         +++      10      
Cladonia pleurota                          +                   ++++ +     +             +  +  +      
Cladonia pocillum                                       +                                            
Cladonia pyxidata                                                            1+            +         
Cladonia rangiferina+ +  +++1 + +  + +  + +   10  101 15 25++20+  +     5255+115+5  + 115   2420  ++++13  20  +   
Cladonia stellaris                                                                  1                 
Cladonia subulata                                                         +                          
Cladonia sulphurina+                                                                                   
Cladonia uncialis      +                      +  + ++ +++      ++++1++      +   +  1     +++       + 
Cornicularia aculeata                                       +                      ++                    
Cornicularia divergens      - +15                     10       10      52  157+        +53 + 102    1010         
Dactylina arctica+ + ++++1+  ++++ ++    +   2  ++ 1 1+++++      ++  +++++  + ++   1++++  5 +++ +  1      
Dactylina beringica                                                ++- +                     +          
Dactylina ramulosa                          -  ++     +                           +++  +    +         
Lobaria linita    +   -                                         +                                 
Pseudephebe pubescens                               15                              +                     
Sphaerophorus fragilis                               5                              +                     
Sphaerophorus globosus        -10+                  1  + ++ + 3      75  11010+         ++ +1+    3+         
Stereocaulon paschale                                  +                                                 
Stereocaulon tomentosum                             +  + +  +++      ++1111        51111+++  +10           52
Thamnolia spp. - +   + -+    ++             +++++++ +++      +++++1+++    ++165++++5155  ++  + ++   
Graminoid
Arctagrostis latifolia +      - + +                           ++ +                                  +   +1
Calamagrostis canadensis canadensis                                                                              70     
Calamagrostis inexpansa                                10 2  2+            ++   +       +2                  
Carex aquatilis s.l.               20260 50      40                              45 25                         
Carex bigelowii18 7102015301520-12+3025 -    +     -  735 1 5 303   20+2          3515 20 10         + 105         + 
Carex microchaeta                               +       +      ++105++            31++  +1            3
Carex misandra                                                                      +             
Carex obtusata                                                             ++                     
Carex podocarpa                                                                                  + 
Carex rariflora              5   51110+105 -1510                           ++                           
Carex rotundata               +  -11010+5 10-22                                                       
Carex rupestris                                                  1                ++               
Carex saxatilis laxa                             +                                                      
Carex scirpoidea                                                                     1              
Carex vaginata                             +                                                      
Eriophorum angustifolium s.l.                              +                      +                          +    
Eriophorum angustifolium subarcticum 35 1    + -35   +30+ + +++ 5 -            60+202025          ++ 10                         
Eriophorum russeolum                    10                                     -                         
Eriophorum scheuchzeri scheuchzeri               ++ 520 10+555 105                                                       
Eriophorum vaginatum2 45405 +155+  105 - 15        20         +                 2+   40           4545    3   5  
Festuca sp.                                                   +           +    ++               
Festuca altaica          3                                                           +       +     
Hierochloe alpina         5                     +     + 5      1205 ++1        ++   ++     1  -+        +
Juncus biglumis                             +                                                 117  
Kobresia myosuroides                                                             111     ++             
Luzula sp.                                                                       +             
Luzula arctica                                 + +  +              2           1++            1+   
Luzula confusa         +                                      +               -                 ++
Luzula wahlenbergii       -                                                                            
Poa sp.                                                        +                            
Poa arctica +      +         -          +      +    + +     ++     +++ ++    +        +       +++
Poa glauca                                                  +          +++      +             
Poa lanata                                                                      +             
Poa pauspicula                                                                                  +++
Trisetum spicatum spicatum                                                             +                      
Unknown graminoid                                        +                         ++                
Liverwort
Anastrophyllum minutum  +++ +      +++ +  + +   +  ++++ + +++  ++   ++    + ++ 1 1     ++    1          ++
Aneura pinguis                     +   -   +                          +                           
Blepharostoma trichophyllum brevirete  +++++    +++++ +         ++     + +    ++           ++ +        +    +2           
Calypogeia sp.   +               +                                                                 
Cephaloziella sp.                   +                                                                 
Chandonanthus setiformis                             +                  2  ++           + +      102       + 
Diplophyllum albicans                                                                                   +
Diplophyllum opacifolia                                                                                   +
Gymnomitriom sp.                                                                    +              + 
Gymnomitriom coninnatum                                                                 +                  
Lophozia sp.   ++++  +  +   +                +       +                                           
Lophozia binsteadii+                                                     +                +            
Lophozia guttulata                                              +++   +    +                          
Lophozia quadriloba                                                        +                           
Macrodiplophyllum plicatum                                                                  +                 
Mylia anomala                       ++ +                                                         
Pseudolepicola fryei              +                                                   +                 
Ptilidium ciliare1 2 +5 5    +              + ++     +    ++      1    ++             7 +10    1      
Radula prolifera                             +                   +                   +              
Scapania paludicola     2 +   + +      ++     ++                                                       
Scapania simsonii                             +                                                      
Tritomaria quinquedentata+    +   + ++ ++  ++      +++ +     +    ++           +++               +     +     
Unknown leafy liverwort   2+   + +                                ++          ++ +1    +     ++            
Unknown thalloid liverwort                                                             +                      
Moss
Aulacomnium palustre55+52010201510 10+101010                     5   220510+         520155105            1     +     
Aulacomnium turgidum5 2052020201515 3+10101015 10+103 5 5 1010+210 10 5+105+  5+      5  10 307 20 20    202020    2020    15+     
Brachythecium sp.  10                                         ++                                       
Brachythecium groenlandicum +                                                                                  
Brachythecium turgidum +                                                                                  
Bryum sp.                                                        + +      +    +              
Bryum algovicum                                       +                                            
Bryum pseudotriquetrum                                                        2 1                         
Calliergon sp.                                                                                   + 
Calliergon giganteum                                             5                                      
Calliergon sarmentosum   5 +                                      +            5                  +       
Calliergon stramineum      +    ++ ++ ++                     10 + +                                       
Campylium stellatum 10   + +                                                +                           
Ceratodon purpureus    +    +                                                                          
Cirriphyllum cirrosum                                    +                                               
Cynodontium sp.                                                              2                      
Dicranella sp.    +                                                                                
Dicranella varia                                     ++                                             
Dicranum sp.   +      +          1        155   20140  1 ++2+   +      5    5    520  3       50     ++
Dicranum acutifolium   ++            +        +  +      +10++      ++355  1           15++  +1  ++         
Dicranum angustum5 1++101 1 5 3+++2 12+  +   1+ +      +   +5+      +    102 5 5         5 55           
Dicranum elongatum5      46 5  ++            30  + 5    +         101010+11  15  5 15     510   1      +      
Dicranum groenlandicum  10   5     5                +  +    25+             102                 5     +      
Dicranum muelenbeckii                      1       20 30 5                            +10                   
Dicranum scoparium                                                                 ++                 
Drepanocladus sp.                     ++                       +                                      
Drepanocladus badius  +15 3                      + +                       +                 +           
Drepanocladus revolvens  +                         +                                           +           
Drepanocladus uncinatus 15 5 3 5  + ++    +                     15510+10         ++35 30       +     +     25   5020
Encalypta brevicolla                                       +          ++                                 
Encalypta rhaptocarpa                                                             52                     
Hylocomium splendens151201010304030+ 15 2520++ +        +  235 10 5 201+ +10+15+    25  2 2050 702010    508020  + 1510    1025    +
Hypnum sp.             +                                                     1  +              
Hypnum bambergeri+ +  +    +                  +1     +    +                 +    +      +            
Meesia sp.        +                                                                            
Meesia uliginosa   ++                                                                   +           
Mnium sp.                                                         +        +                  
Paludella squarrosa -                                       + ++           1 5                 +       
Plagiomnium medium                                           ++                                       
Pleurozium schreberi  +                                                                                 
Pogonatum urnigerum                                      +                       1 123               + 
Pohlia sp.    + +                                                                              
Pohlia andrewsii                                        +                                           
Pohlia crudoides                                      +                                             
Pohlia elongata                                      +                                             
Pohlia nutans+    ++  ++++  + ++++     +   +     +    ++++ +       +                +            
Polytrichaceae family                                                                         +          
Polytrichastrum alpinum       1  +   10   5       +                      2      1       1         +       +10
Polytrichum sp.             +                   5+51           10                                    
Polytrichum commune           2 +   10 121                               5+                              
Polytrichum hyperboreum                                       +      5+  2+                                
Polytrichum longisetum                                        3                                           
Polytrichum piliferum         +                     2      +1      + +++           +++1  +              ++ 
Polytrichum sexangulare                                                                                  + 
Polytrichum strictum+ -++++2 101523510 20    15++   10  12+    22+1 5+++  +5  5102+1 5 1151        5510 +  2      
Polytrichum swartzii                                                                            +       
Pseudobryum cinclidioides                                                          5                         
Ptilium cristum-castrensis                                                 +               +                  
Rhacomitrium lanuginosum        +             +      + 1  +1 5+1       +1   105          5 10+     51       + 
Rhizomnium andrewsianum+ +           +                                                                     
Rhytidium rugosum                                       +          3         55  513  530             
Sphagnum sp. 10            25     220               5        5                   +         7        
Sphagnum angustifolium 1   5      +    5 210     +         5    2010105                           5           
Sphagnum aongstroemii   +++    +   ++ + 52     ++                                     ++                 
Sphagnum balticum   210 +    +  +   52520 5  +                            1 + 1           1     1      
Sphagnum compactum              ++        +                                                           
Sphagnum fimbriatum              5   +     +  5+                           5                           
Sphagnum girgensohnii  +  5+ + 25 + 5          +   +         15                       1 2                 
Sphagnum imbricatum     30        25      2 5+  205                                                       
Sphagnum lenense15 5          +10+ 60+7050 2 15 105        5                             1                 
Sphagnum lindbergii              +      20 55    20                5                                      
Sphagnum magellanicum              +10                                                                    
Sphagnum nemoreum       5                                                                            
Sphagnum obtusum                                                                           +        
Sphagnum orientale                    + +                                                             
Sphagnum rubellum2015220105510 1051052015 2051010 ++5 510+ 1     5   21035105         10201+22     +     510    1      
Sphagnum squarrosum                +                                                          ++       
Sphagnum subsecundum                  2      10                                                          
Sphagnum teres 1 11030102025 20+35  35  5                                    10 +       +1    110           
Sphagnum warnstorfii              +   +++                               +   1 1                         
Splachnaceae                          +                                                         
Splachnum sphaericum                            +                                                       
Tetraplodon pallidus                                               -                                    
Thuidium abietinum                             +                   2                                  
Tomentypnum nitens++-5+++1  +++         +      ++         ++ +     1    ++1 5+     +   5 55           
Tortula ruralis                             20                1                                     
Unknown moss                                              3 +      ++  +    ++ +   ++         5+
Shrub
Andromeda polifolia-             ++ ++  +++5 +5+                                                       
Arctous alpina  1  -   30                     20 1     +      60    3        25        215             
Betula nana exilis3+51104530252054073025535 20155 1 2 2515+   15 10+55+  2+2     + +++1565 60 5    +1   + 27    25      
Cassiope tetragona tetragona1 + +2-+++  2 -  +           153+2 5+120+  +     +4565 +15515         403540  55 12 +  2 ++   
Diapensia lapponica ssp. obovata                             + 7+++  +         1++ 5++          + 5                +
Dryas integrifolia integrifolia                             5                                       20              
Dryas octopetala octopetala                                       40          40         +453540   70 +10             
Empetrum hermaphroditum5 1+3++ 3   3                   1      1                   +    4      1            
Ledum palustre decumbens2 5155551551 55   5        10   +110+5+1++  +     +    7 5+ + 1    1012    13    25      
Loiseleuria procumbens                             +    ++  +        1                                    
Potentilla palustris                                                        +                  +        
Rhododendron lapponicum                                                                     +              
Rubus chamaemorus++++5117+ 52252020 20-++     10             +1 1+          15 + 1           31    20      
Salix arctica                                                                     +              
Salix chamissonis                  15          +       +           20      30 1                   20    +
Salix fuscescens 1            55  102025++55 +10++                          1                           
Salix phlebophylla        110                   + 105 10+ 20+5       5  1015103      12+  +3             +   
Salix planifolia ssp. pulchra153571055205403 102020155   5           15   + 202  3540104025    +     1555510     10+    2515         + 
Salix reticulata reticulata  +                          310       +    +     +        +2     +   3 +            
Salix rotundifolia rotundifolia                                                 +              52                3070
Vaccinium uliginosum15 35255331    ++  1-   1 + +  10111 5+ 1         + -+ + 2    +40   4 25  1540   +         
Vaccinium vitis-idaea minus2 5425555+1 510+  5 +      5- +315+5+22+5 2    10305+31020+103 10 105   301510   553    15  +   

 

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