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

Date sampled:	8/6/84	Tussock Thaw Depth:	40 cm
Landform:	Colluvial basin	Inter-Tussock Thaw Depth:	21 cm
Terrain Unit:	Basin colluvium	Bare Soil	0%
Slope:	0°	Rock	1%
Aspect:	0°	Soil Type	Hemic Pergelic Sphagnofibrist
Exposure (scalar)**:	2.0	Soil Moisture (scalar)**:	6.0
Surface Form:	Palsa	Low shrub cover:	0%
Microsite:		Dwarf shrub cover:	50%
Microsite Cover:		Average shrub height:	12 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:	5.0	Tussock Graminoid Cover:	20.0%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:	3.5	Nontussock Graminoid Cover:	0.3%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:	30 cm	Forb Cover:	0.3%
Stability (scalar)**:	2.0	Lichen Cover:	40%
Cryoturbation:	0	Bryophyte 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