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 Description, Plot SW-19

	Microsite: Sphagnum-rich sedge meadow on margin of colluvial basin. Substrate: Organic-rich basin deposit. Vegetation: Wet Eriophorum scheuchzeri scheuchzeri, Salix fuscescens, Sphagnum lenense, sedge, dwarf-shrub, moss tundra Classification: Histic Pergelic Cryaquept Notes: Permafrost at 28 cm. Horizons: Oi 0-4 cm. Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loose Sphagnum mat; abrupt smooth boundary. Oe 4-20 cm. Brownish black (5YR 2/2) compressed hemic peat composed of sedge leaves and Sphagnum; small amount of clay; many fine and very fine roots; clear smooth boundary. Oa 20-25 cm. Brownish black (7.5YR 3/2) sapric peat; moderate medium platy structure due to compressed plant material, est. <5% mineral by volume, very sticky, very plastic (wet); many fine and very fine roots; abrupt smooth boundary. Bw 25-28 cm. Brown (10YR 4/4) clay; massive, very sticky, very plastic; few roots.
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