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-5

Date sampled:	8/3/84	Tussock Thaw Depth:
Landform:	Sideslope	Inter-Tussock Thaw Depth:
Terrain Unit:	Hillslope deposits (undifferentiated retransported deposits)	Bare Soil	2%
Slope:	6°	Rock	0%
Aspect:	260°	Soil Type	Pergelic Cryaquept
Exposure (scalar)**:	2.0	Soil Moisture (scalar)**:	8.0
Surface Form:	Well defined hillslope watertracks (>1.0m relief)	Low shrub cover:	55%
Microsite:		Dwarf shrub cover:	20%
Microsite Cover:		Average shrub height:	25 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:	8.0	Tussock Graminoid Cover:	0.3%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:	4.0	Nontussock Graminoid Cover:	15.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:	53 cm	Forb Cover:	1%
Stability (scalar)**:	2.0	Lichen Cover:	3%
Cryoturbation:	0	Bryophyte Cover:	70%
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