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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Soil Chemical Characteristics, Plot SW-28

	Horizon pH Cations Anions CA++ Mg++ K+ NO3 meq/100g µg/g meq/100g µg/g meq/100g µg/g µg/g A 4.4 5.56 1111 1.57 191 0.56 219 0.00 Bw1 3.9 0.29 58 0.11 14 0.08 31 3.17 Bw2 4.3 0.34 69 0.11 13 0.05 20 0.00 *USDA size classes: coarse gravel: 76.1 - 12.7 mm; fine gravel 12.7 - 2.00 mm; sand: 2.00 - 0.05 mm; silt: 0.05 - 0.002 mm; clay: <0.002 mm. **In wet tussock tundra, Bw horizons based on following criteria: 1) subangular blocky structure, 2) accumulation of organic matter, 3) development of color chroma
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