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-24

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Date sampled:8/6/84Tussock Thaw Depth:40 cm
Landform: Colluvial basinInter-Tussock Thaw Depth:21 cm
Terrain Unit: Basin colluviumBare Soil0%
Slope:Rock1%
Aspect:Soil Type Hemic Pergelic Sphagnofibrist
Exposure (scalar)**:2.0Soil Moisture (scalar)**:6.0
Surface Form: PalsaLow shrub cover:0%
Microsite: Dwarf shrub cover:50%
Microsite Cover: Average shrub height:12 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:5.0Tussock Graminoid Cover:20.0%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:3.5Nontussock Graminoid Cover:0.3%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:30 cmForb Cover:0.3%
Stability (scalar)**:2.0Lichen Cover:40%
Cryoturbation:0Bryophyte Cover:65%
Microrelief Height:22 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