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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Soil Physical Characteristics, Plot SW-2

soil photo
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HorizonDepth (cm)Wet
color
% Organic
matter
Coarse
gravel*
Fine
gravel*
Sand*Silt*Clay*TextureHygro
Moisture
Bulk
Density
g/cm3
IOe00-102.5Y2/1.525.89  5.353.241.5sic4.20.00
IA10-192.5Y4/114.82  28.94526.1l1.60.51
IIOeb19-3210YR2/251.89  6.345.348.5sic9.30.00
IIBA32-462.5Y4/17.5535.55.330.041.228.8cl1.90.00
*USDA size classes: coarse gravel: 76.1 - 12.7 mm; fine gravel 12.7 - 2.00 mm; sand: 2.00 - 0.05 mm; silt: 0.05 - 0.002 mm; clay: <0.002 mm.
**In wet tussock tundra, Bw horizons based on following criteria: 1) subangular blocky structure, 2) accumulation of organic matter, 3) development of color chroma
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