Component Projects-Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

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Vegetation Units

B3e.3 Acidic mountain complexes (Kuskokwim Mtns.)

Erect dwarf-shrub, lichen communities (comm. 40) on dry acidic slopes, in complex with snowbeds, talus slopes and meadow communities.  Kuskokwim Mtns.

Common Plant Communities of B3e.3:

Community 40:

Sites V1,4,5 (Talbot et al. 1985); Map unit 4 ; description of Askinuk Mtns.(McCaffery and Harwood 1997); Map Units D1a, M11 (Tande and Jennings 1986), lowland moist low scrub (Jorgenson 2000) (Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta).


Prostrate and erect dwarf shrub: Dryas integrifolia, Empetrum nigrum;
Lichen: Cladina rangiferina, Cladina spp., Alectoria ochroleuca