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.

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Field Description of Soil, Plot HV-49

Plot Number:	HV-49
Location:	Raised hummock area 1 km west of Haul road and 1.5 km northwest of Happy Valley camp
Description by:	A. Gallant
Sample Date:	7/22/94
Sample Time:
Classification:
Parent Material:	Basin colluvium and organic deposits
Geomorphic Surface:	Wetland hummock
Elevation:	1040 ft
Slope:	0°
Aspect:	Flat
Vegetation:	Wet Andromeda polifolia, Carex aquatilis, Carex rotundata, Rubus chamaemorus, Sphagnum sp., graminoid, dwarf-shrub, moss tundra
Horizon:	Description:
Oi	0-21 cm | Sample S-217
	Dark yellow-brown (10 YR 3.5/4). 0% gravel. Composed of Sphagnum moss. Many very fine roots; medium roots are common. Top 10 cm are live plant mosses.
Oe	21-? cm | Sample S-218
	Black (10 YR 2/1). 0% gravel.
Permafrost	21 cm |