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-42

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Date sampled:8/19/85Tussock Thaw Depth: 
Landform: SideslopeInter-Tussock Thaw Depth: 
Terrain Unit: TillBare Soil1%
Slope:Rock15%
Aspect:180°Soil Type Pergelic Cryumbrept
Exposure (scalar)**:3.8Soil Moisture (scalar)**:3.5
Surface Form: Rocky terrain (undifferentiated till and bedrock)Low shrub cover:0%
Microsite: Dwarf shrub cover:55%
Microsite Cover: Average shrub height:0 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:3.0Tussock Graminoid Cover:0.0%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:2.0Nontussock Graminoid Cover:1.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:13 cmForb Cover:1%
Stability (scalar)**:1.5Lichen Cover:48%
Cryoturbation:5.0%Bryophyte Cover:5%
Microrelief Height:15 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