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-8

Plot Number:	HV-8
Location:	Happy Valley, river bar
Description by:	A. Gallant
Sample Date:	7/18/94
Sample Time:	10:00
Classification:
Parent Material:	Alluvial gravels and sand
Geomorphic Surface:	Stony surface
Elevation:	900 ft
Slope:	0°
Aspect:	Flat
Vegetation:	Dry Castilleja caudata, Hedysarum alpinum, forb, barren tundra
Horizon:	Description:
C	depth not measurable | Sample S-87
	Black (2.5 YR 2/2). Gravel bar with cobbles up to 50 cm in diameter. Single grain structure; nonsticky, nonplastic consistence (wet). Sandy texture. Soil not described.