Imnavait Creek Permanent Vegetation Plots

Walker DA, Lederer ND, and Walker MD. 1987. Permanent vegetation plots: Site factors, soil physical and chemical properties and plant species cover. Department of Energy R4D Program, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

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Table 6. Soil physical characteristics for the R4D permanent vegetation plots

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Plot No.	Horizon	Depth (cm)	Wet color	% Organic matter	Particle Size (%, USDA size classes)*					Texture	Hygro Moisture	Bulk Density (g/cm3)
					Coarse gravel	Fine gravel	Sand	Silt	Clay
SW-1	Oe	05-17	7.5YR2/2	83.20	0	0	1.4	25.8	72.8	c	11.5	0.24
SW-1	BA	17-20+	7.5YR4/3	18.65	0	0					2.8
SW-2 *	IOe	00-10	2.5Y2/1.5	25.89	0	0	5.3	53.2	41.5	sic	4.2
SW-2 *	IA	10-19	2.5Y4/1	14.82	0	0	28.9	45	26.1	l	1.6	0.51
SW-2 *	IIOeb	19-32	10YR2/2	51.89	0	0	6.3	45.3	48.5	sic	9.3
SW-2 *	IIBA	32-46	2.5Y4/1	7.55	35.5	5.3	30.0	41.2	28.8	cl	1.9
SW-3	Oi	00-06	5YR3/2	85.49	0	0					10.7
SW-3	Oe	06-24	5YR2/1	46.82	0	7.5	1.8	27.4	70.8	c	6.2	0.25
SW-3	BA	24-32	7.5YR4/2	11.20	0	0					3.7
SW-4A	Oe	00-06	7.5YR2/1	48.63	0	0					5.8
SW-4A	Bwl**	06-08	10YR3.5/4	4.01	0	0					1.1
SW-4A	Bw2	08-53	10YR3/3	3.94	5.0	12.0	38.8	32.5	28.8	cl	1.1	0.20
SW-5	Oi	00-10	7.5YR2/1.5	63.66	0	0					8.2	0.18
SW-5	Bw	10-40	10YR5/1	2.54	6.6	19.9	47.5	35.3	17.2	l	0.7	1.46
SW-6 *	Oe	08-13	7.5YR1.7/1	83.17	0	0	8.8	32.1	59.1	c	5.5
SW-6 *	A	13-15	7.5YR4/3	34.10	20.0	16.7	19.5	10.3	33.5	scl	2.2
SW-6 *	Bw1	15-17	7.5YR5/6	3.34	0.2	4.9	36.6	27.4	30.9	cl	0.9
SW-6 *	Bw2	17-30	10YR4/2	2.60	1.8	7.5	31.5	27	32	cl	0.7	1.74
SW-7	Oi	00-06	7.5YR2/3	34.87	0	0					4.6
SW-7	Oe	06-12	7.5YR4/2.5	54.12	0	0	8.3	50.3	41.4	sic	9.3
SW-7	Bw	12-40	7.5YR4/3	4.86	0	0					1.4	1.27
SW-8 *	Oe	00-09	5YR1.7/1	79.70	0	0	19.1	36.4	44.6	c	3.6
SW-8 *	BA	09-40	7.5YR4.5/4	4.96	11.3	6.9	31.3	19.2	31.3	scl	1.1	0.88
SW-9	Oi	00-03	5YR2/1	77.17	0	0					8.6
SW-9	A	03-09	7.5YR4/4	25.02	0	40.5	32.9	44.1	23.0	l	3.4	1.27
SW-9	Bw1	09-19	7.5YR4/5		0	0
SW-9	Bw2	19-65	5YR4/4		0	0
SW-10	Oi	00-05	5YR2/3	69.49	0	0					11.2
SW-10	Oe	05-10	5YR2/2	66.39	0	19.5	4.6	51.8	43.7	sic	7.8	0.25
SW-10	Oa	10-15	7.5YR3/3	41.02	0	0					5.9
SW-10	BA	15-22	7.5YR5/2	4.53	0	0					1.4
SW-11 *	Oi	00-05	5YR2/2.5	54.25	0	0	3.7	38.5	57.9	sic	3.6
SW-11 *	Oa	05-10	7.5YR2/3	53.36	0	0	2.3	28.3	69.4	sic	5.5	0.23
SW-11 *	BA	10-50	10YR4/3	9.10	0	0.3	20.6	34.5	44.6	c	1.3
SW-12	Oi	00-08	5YR2/3.5	82.24	0	0					9.3
SW-12	Oa	08-12	7.5YR3/3	37.21	0	44.3	1.9	96.1	2	s	5.9
SW-12	B/A	12-47	10YR4.5/3	4.80	13.5	11.3	40.8	33.6	25.6	l	1.3	1.68
SW-13	Oi	00-16	5YR2/3	91.52	0	0					7.5
SW-13	Oa	16-23	7.5YR2.5/3	50.45	0	0	5.2	50.6	44.2	sic	6.7	0.34
SW-13	BA	23-36	7.5YR3/4	11.44	0	0					1.6
SW-14	Oe	10-24	5YR2/3	77.40	0	0	2.9	47.9	49.2	sic	12.0	0.14
SW-14	Oa	24-40+	5YR2/2	71.98	0	0					12.2
SW-15	Oi	00-10	7.5YR5/7	86.56	0	0					8.9
SW-15	Oe	10-35	7.5YR2.5/3	54.64	0	0	4.6	52.6	42.9	sic	6.1	0.28
SW-16 *	Oi1	00-10	5YR2/4	28.69	0	0	74.9	14.9	10.2	sl	3.4
SW-16 *	Oi2	10-20	7.5YR2/3	24.44	0	0	73.1	14.2	12.7	sl	1.8	0.23
SW-16 *	Oi3	20-40+	10YR2/3	24.69	0	0	69.5	17.1	13.4	sl	2.6
SW-17	Oi1	00-08	7.5YR4.5/6	89.37	0	0					10.0
SW-17	Oi2	08-29	2.5Y2/2	82.75	0	0	2.8	37.5	59.7	c	9.1	0.30
SW-17	Oe	29-31	5YR3/2	62.53	0	0					7.7
SW-18	Oi1	00-05	5YR2/2	63.83	0	0					8.8
SW-18	Oi2	05-16	5YR2/2	60.22	0	0	1.7	70.9	27.4	sicl	6.9	0.14
SW-18	Oe	16-36	5YR3/2	75.73	0	0					7.7
SW-18	Oa	36-46	7.5YR2/2	70.76	0	0	5.0	51.6	43.4	sic	5.2
SW-18	A	46-52	7.5YR3/3.5	35.38	0	0					4.0
SW-19 *	Oi	00-04	5YR2/4	80.15	0	0					11.1
SW-19 *	Oe	04-20	5YR2/2	83.01	0	0	3.3	35.8	60.9	c	11.9	0.17
SW-19 *	Oa	20-25	7.5YR3/2	76.68	0	0					14.0
SW-19 *	A	25-28	10YR4/4	14.04	0	0					1.5
SW-20	Oi	00-07	5YR2/2.5	81.64	0	0					10.8
SW-20	Oe	07-16	7.5YR3/3	79.38	0	0	1.6	41.7	56.7	sic	6.8	0.19
SW-20	Oa	16-25	7.5YR3/2	71.89	0	0					24.0
SW-20	A	25-30	10YR4/3.5	11.95	0	0					1.6
SW-21A	Oi	00-06	5YR2/2.5	62.84	0	0					8.1
SW-21A	Oe	06-31	7.5YR3/3	87.76	0	0	1.8	45.8	52.4	sic	8.2	0.13
SW-21A	Oa1	31-34	5YR2/3	43.27	0	0					3.7
SW-21A	Oa2	34-46	5YR2/2	45.17	0	0					33.7
SW-22A *	Oi1	00-03	5YR2/2	60.44	0	0	4.7	32.2	63.1	c	14.4
SW-22A *	Oi2	03-18	7.5YR3/3	71.04	0	0	6.4	59.4	34.2	sicl	5.1	0.14
SW-22A *	Oe1	18-33	7.5YR2.5/3	82.43	0	0	4.5	55.5	40.0	sic	9.0
SW-22A *	Oe2	33-37	7.5YR2/3	87.42	0	0	2.2	59.8	38.0	sicl	57.4
SW-22A *	Oa	37-48	7.5YR2/3	55.81	0	0	32.2	44.3	23.7	l	6.9
SW-23	Oi1	00-08	5YR2/2	69.26	0	0					9.4
SW-23	Oi2	08-28	7.5YR2.5/3	56.88	0	0	3.3	63.3	33.4	sicl	6.8	0.16
SW-23	Oe1	28-36	7.5YR2.5/3	55.24	0	0	7.5	67.6	24.9	sil	12.2
SW-23	Oe2	36-44	10YR2.5/3	58.84	0	0					3.9
SW-23	Oa	44-46	7.5YR2/3	68.24	0	0					8.9
SW-24 *	Oi	00-15	5YR5/8	89.96	0	0					10.0	0.34
SW-24 *	Oe	15-32	5YR2/2	76.03	0	0	2.6	62.6	34.7	sicl	6.7
SW-24 *	Oa1	32-38	7.5YR2/3	57.66	0	0	30.5	49.7	19.8	l	3.0
SW-24 *	Oa2	38-39	5YR2.5/3	63.25	0	0	26.9	50.4	22.6	sil	5.6
SW-25A	Oi	00-10	7.5YR6/8	88.36	0	0					10.8
SW-25A	Oe1	10-35	7.5YR2/3	81.32	0	0	.8	63.0	36.2	sicl	10.5	0.14
SW-25A	Oe2	35-41	7.5YR2/2	79.79	0	0					16.3
SW-25A	Oa	41-54	5YR2.5/2	47.74	0	0					39.1
SW-26	A	02-07	5YR2/2	47.19	0	0	32.5	45.4	22.1	l	4.8	0.25
SW-26	Bw1	07-44	7.5YR4/3	0.84	0	0					1.1
SW-26	Bw2	44-63	10YR4/4	1.04	0	0					1.2
SW-27	Oe	02-12	5YR2/1	79.02	0	0	4.1	47.0	48.9	sic	9.8	0.29
SW-27	Oa	12-22	5YR2/2	51.60	0	0					8.7
SW-27	A	22-32	7.5YR4/3	31.68	0	0					5.0
SW-27	Bw	32-64	10YR4/4	1.93	0	0					0.9
SW-28	A	00-04	7.5YR2/2	24.88	0	0					2.9
SW-28	Bw1	04-16	7.5YR5/6	3.23	7.6	26.3	55.1	34.8	10.1	sl	0.9	1.32
SW-28	Bw2	16-68	10YR4/5	2.58	0	0					0.7
SW-29A	Oi	00-06	7.5YR2/3	63.47	0	0					8.1
SW-29A	A	06-12	5YR2/4	37.20	0	0					4.6
SW-29A	Bw	12-25+	7.5YR5/5	5.49	23.6	28.4	42.2	33.9	23.9	cl	1.6	1.32
SW-29B	Bw	00-25	10YR5/5	1.58	4.7	19.1	42.7	42.6	14.8	l	0.8	1.63
SW-30A	A	00-03	5YR2/2	45.30	0	0					5.4
SW-30A	Bw1	03-20	10YR3.5/4	23.60	1.5	18.7	46.9	38.5	14.7	l	1.1	1.43
SW-30A	Bw2	20-50+	10YR4/2.5	1.38	7.7	18.7	33.9	33.6	32.5	cl	1.6
SW-30B	Bw1	10-35	10YR4/4	1.96	0.8	11.3	32.8	45	22.2	l	1.0	1.47
SW-30B	Bw2	35-50	10YR4/3.5	11.80	0	0					17.0
SW-31	Oe	03-08	5YR2/2	81.43	0	0					11.3
SW-31	Oa	08-16	5YR2/1.5	68.19	0	0	6.6	30.4	63	c	6.7	0.19
SW-31	A	16-30	7.5YR4/3	13.62	0	0					2.7
SW-31	BA	30-52	10YR3.5/1	18.83	0	0					5.2
SW-32A *	A	02-06	7.5YR3/3	29.27	0	6.9	30.7	33.4	35.9	cl	4.5
SW-32A *	Bw1	06-27	10YR4/4	1.35	8.1	18.1	38.4	38.9	22.7	l	1.0	1.63
SW-32A *	Bw2	27-50	10YR4/3	1.13	50.5	8.0	35.1	33	31.9	cl	1.2
SW-32B *	Bw1	00-05	10YR4/5		2.6	16.9	34.5	41.2	24.2	l
SW-32B *	Bw2	05-50	10YR4/3	2.47	14.5	19.0	31.2	40.2	28.6	cl	1.2	1.70
SW-33 *	A	00-03	10YR2/3	14.67	2.4	19.4	44.7	34.6	20.6	l	2.7
SW-33 *	BA	03-15	10YR4/4	6.03	8.5	12.1	34.4	43.8	21.8	l	1.9	0.90
SW-33 *	Bw	15-35	10YR4/5	4.02	68.1	8.0	45.2	38.6	16.3	l	1.9
SW-34	Oe	00-05	2.5YR2/2	45.15	0	0					9.4
SW-34	Oa	05-21	7.5YR2/2	33.59	0	0	4.7	28.7	66.6	c	4.5	0.16
SW-34	BA	21-42	10YR4/4	4.73	0	0					8.1
SW-35A	Oi	00-15	7.5YR3/4	52.26	0	0					5.6
SW-35A	Oa	15-25	7.5YR3/3	32.88	0	0	12.1	28.1	59.8	c	8.4	0.29
SW-35A	BA	25-45+	7.5YR4/2	3.93	0	0					2.6
SW-36A	Oe	03-08	7.5YR2/1	79.23	0	0					13.9
SW-36A	Oa	08-18	5YR2/1	59.84	0	0	1.3	28	70.7	c	9.1	0.27
SW-36A	Bw	18-40+	10YR4/4	6.42	0	0					2.1
SW-37	Oi1	00-30	7.5YR2/3	70.83	0	0					8.7	0.19
SW-37	Oi2	30-40	5YR2/2	54.80	0	0	12.2	45	42.8	sic	5.9
SW-37	Bw	40-50	10YR4/2	14.77	0	0					2.0
SW-38	A	01-04	10YR2/3	26.99	0	0					3.6
SW-38	Bw	04-40	10YR4/5	3.42	6.0	33.7	56.3	27.5	16.1	sl	1.5	1.18
SW-39	A	01-05	7.5YR2/1.5	52.21	0	0					6.2
SW-39	Bw1	05-20	7.5YR3/3	8.80	0	29.7	65.8	23.4	10.8	sl	1.1	1.30
SW-39	Bw2	20-50	10YR3.5/4	2.97	0	0					0.7
SW-40	A	01-12	7.5YR3/3	20.24	0	12.3	26.8	47.2	26	l	2.3	1.24
SW-40	Bw	12-50+	10YR3/4	4.08	0	0					1.0
SW-41	A	03-14	5YR2/1	37.56	5.4	6.6	7.5	45.7	46.7	sic	5.7	0.36
SW-41	Bw	14-40+	10YR4/4	1.84	0	0					0.6
SW-42 *	A	01-03	5YR2/1	36.55	3.3	19.5	57.3	24.8	17.9	sl	4.0
SW-42 *	Bw	03-40+	10YR3/4	4.88	36.2	17.5	55.1	29.9	15	sl	1.5	0.95
SW-43	A	03-08	5YR2/1.5	51.05	0	26.6	23.7	53.9	22.5	sil	3.5
SW-43	Bw1	08-18	5YR4/5	3.83	0	0					0.9	1.30
SW-43	Bw2	18-53	7.5YR4/4	3.23	0	0					0.7
SW-44A	Oa	06-12	5YR2/2	51.36	0	3.6	14.7	42.5	42.8	sic	4.1	0.47
SW-44A	A	12-25	7.5YR3.5/4	16.15	0	0					1.9
SW-44A	Bw	25-56	10YR5/4	3.63	0	0					0.7
SW-45	Oe	07-22	5YR2/2	71.65	0	0					5.2	0.26
SW-45	Oa	22-34	7.5YR3/2.5	55.23	0	0	3	25	72	c	4.5
SW-45	BA	34-60+	10YR4/3	7.24	0	0					1.0
SW-46	Oi	00-10	5YR4/5		0	0
SW-46	Oe	10-16	5YR3/2	59.64	0	0	3.7	70.3	26	sil	7.0	0.16
SW-46	Oa	16-25	7.5YR3/3	50.13	0	0					9.4
SW-47	Oe	05-15	5YR2/2	38.62	0	0	16.3	52.7	31	sicl	4.3	0.21
SW-47	A/B	15-60+	10YR3/2	11.84	0	0					1.6
SW-48	Oe	12-16	5YR2/2		0	0						0.22
SW-48	Oa	16-25+	5YR2/2	37.47	0	0	6.7	47.6	45.7	sic	4.1
SW-49	Oe	00-10	5YR2/2.5	37.34	0	0					7.2
SW-49	Oa1	10-32	10YR2/3	28.41	0	0	3.3	49.5	47.2	sic	4.0	0.39
SW-49	Oa2	32-40+	10YR3/2	22.15	0	0					2.8
SW-50	Oe	07-15	5YR2/2	76.67	0	0	3.1	39.2	57.7	c	6.8	0.22
SW-50	BA	15-26	10YR3/2	10.06	0	0					2.1
SW-51	Oa	05-10	5YR2/2	42.25	0	17.8	37.9	40.8	21.3	l	3.5	0.38
SW-51	A	10-14	7.5YR3/3.5	21.26	0	0					2.4
SW-51	Bw1	14-25	7.5YR4/6	7.66	0	0					1.8
SW-51	Bw2	25-45+	10YR4/4	2.45	0	0					1.0
SW-52	Oa	02-06	5YR2/2	32.21	0	14.4	36.4	39.1	24.5	l	3.2
SW-52	A	06-19	10YR4/6	5.64	0	0					1.5	0.88
SW-52	Bw	19-40	10YR4/3	2.16	0	0					1.1
SW-53	A	00-15	10YR3/3	7.68	21.6	31.7	74	19	7	sl	1.3	1.18
SW-53	Bw	15-37	10YR4/4	1.76	0	0					1.1
SW-54	A	00-10	10YR3/3.5	6.45	10.4	13.0	70.5	21.8	7.7	sl	1.3	1.19
SW-54	Bw	10-50+	10YR4/5	3.55	0	0					1.2
SW-55	A	06-26	5YR2/3	18.95	0	0	59.2	30.5	10.4	sl	2.3	0.55
SW-56	Oe	05-12	5YR2/2		0	0
SW-56	Oa	12-32	5YR2/2	32.28	0	0	38.7	42.5	18.8	c	3.2	0.32
SW-56	Bw	32-55	10YR3/3	3.39	0	0					1.4
SW-57	IA	05-15	5YR2/2.5	20.01	3.8	23.3	53.5	30.7	15.8	sl	2.2	0.52
SW-57	IBw	15-40	7.5YR3/3	8.68	0	0					1.3
SW-57	IIBw	40-56	10YR3/3	3.89	0	0					1.6
SW-58A	A	00-02	7.5YR2/2	16.60	2.5	12.2	79.2	13.6	7.3	ls	2.2
SW-58B	Bw	00-35	10YR3/3	3.06	44.7	15.4	58.3	30.2	11.6	sl	1.4	1.12
SW-59	Oa	04-15	5YR2/1.5	57.55	0	9.6	7.8	33.9	58.4	c	7.9	0.21
SW-59	A	15-20	10YR2/3	7.17	0	0					1.3
SW-59	Bw	20-35	10YR3/3.5	4.15	0	0					1.1
SW-60	A1	02-16	5YR2/2.5	21.55	8.7	20.1	49.3	35.9	14.7	l	3.6	0.71
SW-60	A2	16-24	7.5YR3/3	8.81	0	0					1.8
SW-60	Bw	24-50	10YR2.5/3	5.08	0	0					1.9
SW-61	Oi	00-13	7.5YR5/6		0	0						0.15
SW-61	Oe	13-27	5YR2/1	77.73	0	0	0.7	30.9	68.4	c	11.4
SW-61	BA	27-32+	10YR4/1	8.18	0	0					1.8
SW-62	Oi	00-12	10YR4/6		0	0						0.31
SW-62	Oe	12-23	5YR2/1	66.35	0	0	3.6	33.1	63.3	c	7.8
SW-62	Bw	23-26+	10YR4/2	8.03	0	0					1.1
SW-65	Oi	00-05	7.5YR2/3	30.60	0	0	13.2	53.9	33	sicl	3.4
SW-67	Oa	10	5YR2/1	85.07	0	0					11.3
SW-72	A	10	10YR3/2	13.88	0	0					6.1
SW-73	A	10	10YR2/3	11.31		0					6.1

*See Table 3 for values of scalars and descriptive variables

**H=Human, F=Fox, Be=Bear, C=Caribou, S=Squirrel, L=Lemming/vole, M=Moose, Bi=Bird, I=Insect disturbance listed in that order

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