Component Projects-Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

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(Photo: D.A. Walker.)

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Vegetation Units

G3.3 Moist nonacidic tundra (Arctic Foothills, Seward P.)

Non-tussock sedge, dwarf-shrub, forb, moss communities (comm. 75) on mesic non-acidic loess. Arctic Foothills of the Brooks Range and Seward Peninsula, Subzone E.

Plant Communities:

Community 75:

Northern Beringian Islands: Dryado integrifoliae-Caricetum bigelowii, moist calcareous tundra (Walker et al. 1994) (Toolik Lake).

Beringian Alaska: Vegetation type Bigelow's sedge tussock dwarf-shrub tundra (Racine and Anderson 1979); Releves R6,7a,33,37,57,58 (Raynolds et al. 2002) (Seward Peninsula).

Vegetation type Bigelow's sedge tussock dwarf-shrub tundra (Racine and Anderson 1979); Releves R6,7a,33,37,57,58 (Raynolds et al. 2002) (Seward Peninsula).


Sedges: Carex bigelowii, Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. triste, Carex membranacea, E. vaginatum;
Prostrate dwarf shrub: Dryas integrifolia, Salix reticulata, Arctous rubra;
Erect dwarf shrub: Salix richardsonii, S. glauca, Vaccinium uliginosum, Rhododendrum lapponicum;
Forb: Lupinus arcticus, Oxytropis maydelliana, Pedicularis capitata, Lagotis glauca, Eutrema edwardsii, Tephroseris frigida, Bistorta vivipara, Packera cymbalaria, Pedicularis lanata, Tofieldia pusilla;
Horsetail: Equisetum arvense, Equisetum variegatum;
Moss: Tomentypnum nitens, Hylocomium splendens, Aulacomnium turgidum;
Lichen: Thamnolia subuliformis, Flavocetraria spp., Dactylina arctica