Component Projects-Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Nunivak Island, western end near Cape Mohican

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Nunivak Island, western end near Cape Mohican. Photo: 1985. D.R. Klein.

Vegetation Units

W3.5 Wet acidic complex (Nunivak I.)

Wet sedge, prostrate dwarf-shrub communities (comm. 61) on wet acidic sites. Nunivak Island, Subzone E.

Plant Communities:

Community 61

Type 52 (Swanson et al. 1986) (Nunivak Island).


Sedge: Carex aquatilis, Carex glareosa;
Prostrate dwarf shrub: Salix fuscescens;
Moss: Sphagnum spp.