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-22A

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HorizonDepth (cm)Wet
color
% Organic
matter
Coarse
gravel*
Fine
gravel*
Sand*Silt*Clay*TextureHygro
Moisture
Bulk
Density
g/cm3
Oi100-035YR2/260.44  4.732.263.1c14.40.00
Oi203-187.5YR3/371.04  6.459.434.2sicl5.10.14
Oe118-337.5YR2.5/382.43  4.555.540.0sic9.00.00
Oe233-377.5YR2/387.42  2.259.838.0sicl57.40.00
Oa37-487.5YR2/355.81  32.244.323.7l6.90.00
*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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