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-51

Plot Number:	HV-51
Location:	Southern margin of lake; 1 km west of Haul road and 1.5 km northwest of Happy Valley camp
Description by:	S. Walker, A. Gallant, N. Auerbach
Sample Date:	7/22/94
Sample Time:	14:10
Classification:
Parent Material:	Basin colluvium and organic deposits
Geomorphic Surface:	Featureless
Elevation:	1050 ft
Slope:	0°
Aspect:	Flat
Vegetation:	Wet Carex chordorrhiza, Carex rotundata, Sphagnum orientale, graminoid tundra
Horizon:	Description:
Oi1	0-3 cm | No sample
	Black (10 YR 2/2). 0% gravel; Loose mat of mosses and dead sedge leaves, mostly Sphagnum orientale.
Oi2	3-44 cm | Sample S-221
	Dark brown (7.5 YR 3/2). 0% gravel. Fibric organic consisting of sedge roots and leaves.