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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General Description, Plot SW-30A

general site photo
Plant community:Moist
Betula nana exilis, Salix phlebophylla, Cassiope tetragona tetragona, Carex bigelowii, Dicranum elongatum, Cladonia rangiferina,
dwarf-shrub, fruticose-lichen tundra
Microsite:iiInter-frost-scar areas on stone stripe
Other plots with a similar microsite:
SW-26, SW-29a, SW-30a, SW-32a*, SW-44a,
Date sampled: 8/7/84
Plot location: 149° 19.52' W, 68° 36.94' N
* Plots with soil descriptions
See Table 2 for a list of all plots
Enlarge general site photo