Happy Valley Permanent Vegetation Plots

Walker, D.A., Auerbach, N.A., Nettleton, T.K., Gallant, A., Murphy, S.M. 1997. Happy Valley Permanent Vegetation Plots: Site factors, physical and chemical soil properties, plant species cover, photographs, soil descriptions, and ordination. Arctic System Science Flux Study, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Home // Preliminary vegetation classification // Vegetation communities and sites // Legend for environmental variables // Environmental data // Relevé size, percent cover // Soils data // Relevé species data //
Appendices: Field descriptions of soils // Plot and soil photos // Plot location map

Table 1. Preliminary vegetation classification based on habitat and dominant species and sample numbers for each type (HV)

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Principal Habitat		Preliminary Community Name	Plots
Dry tundra
	Dry river terraces	Dryas integrifolia - Lupinus arcticus	HV-1, HV-2, HV-6, HV-10,
	Partially vegetated river banks	Epilobium latifolium-Hedysarum alpinum	HV-16, HV-7, HV-8, HV-14,
	Frost scars	Luzula arctica - Anthelia juratzkana	HV-41, HV-42b,
Snowbeds
	Nonacidic snowbeds	Cassiope tetragona - Dryas integrifolia	HV-22, HV-17,
Moist tundra
	Acidic tussock tundra	Eriophorum vaginatum - Sphagnum sp.	HV-39, HV-42a, HV-20, HV-21, HV-26, HV-27, HV-28, HV-29, HV-30, HV-32,
	Moist nonacidic tussock tundra	Carex bigelowii - Tomentypnum nitens	HV-44, HV-45, HV-23, HV-31,
Shrublands
	Alder riparian shrubland	Alnus viridis-Climacium dendroides	HV-4, HV-5,
	Willow river bars	Salix alexensis-Shepherdia canadensis	HV-43, HV-18, HV-11,
	Birch-willow streamside	Salix spp.-Betula nana	HV-24, HV-25, HV-12,
	River bluffs	Salix glauca-Lupinus arcticus	HV-19, HV-13, HV-15,
	Birch tundra	Betula nana - Sphagnum sp.	HV-35, HV-36, HV-38, HV-40, HV-33,
Wet tundra
	Wet sedge tundra	Carex aquatilis - Eriophorum angustifolium	HV-9,
	Wet sedge tundra	Carex chordorrhiza - Sphagnum orientale	HV-51, HV-54, HV-47,
	Sphagnum hummocks	Carex spp.-Sphagnum spp.	HV-52, HV-53, HV-55, HV-50, HV-49, HV-34, HV-37,
	Deeper water ponds	Comarum palustre-Spargonium hyperboreum	HV-3,
	Deeper water ponds	Menyanthes trifioliata	HV-46,
	Deeper water ponds	Arctophila fulva	HV-48,
* Plots with soil descriptions and soil analysis for most horizons. ^ Plots with soil analysis for most horizons. All other plots have soil analysis for horizon at 10-cm depth (rooting zone).