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-6

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Date sampled:8/3/84Tussock Thaw Depth:43 cm
Landform: SideslopeInter-Tussock Thaw Depth:20 cm
Terrain Unit: Hillslope deposits (undifferentiated retransported deposits)Bare Soil0%
Slope:Rock0%
Aspect:260°Soil Type Histic Pergelic Cryaquept
Exposure (scalar)**:2.0Soil Moisture (scalar)**:7.2
Surface Form: Gelifluction or solifluction featuresLow shrub cover:20%
Microsite: Dwarf shrub cover:30%
Microsite Cover: Average shrub height:18 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:7.0Tussock Graminoid Cover:0.3%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:4.5Nontussock Graminoid Cover:30.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:30 cmForb Cover:2%
Stability (scalar)**:3.2Lichen Cover:4%
Cryoturbation:0Bryophyte Cover:85%
Microrelief Height:18 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