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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Environmental Information, Plot SW-27

Date sampled:	8/6/84	Tussock Thaw Depth:
Landform:	Hill crest	Inter-Tussock Thaw Depth:	95 cm
Terrain Unit:	Hillslope deposits (undifferentiated retransported deposits)	Bare Soil	0%
Slope:	3°	Rock	0%
Aspect:	80°	Soil Type	Pergelic Cryaquoll
Exposure (scalar)**:	3.0	Soil Moisture (scalar)**:	6.0
Surface Form:	Featureless ground	Low shrub cover:	5%
Microsite:		Dwarf shrub cover:	30%
Microsite Cover:		Average shrub height:	10 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:	6.0	Tussock Graminoid Cover:	0.3%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:	3.0	Nontussock Graminoid Cover:	35.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:	63 cm	Forb Cover:	3%
Stability (scalar)**:	3.0	Lichen Cover:	2%
Cryoturbation:	0	Bryophyte Cover:	60%
Microrelief Height:	20 cm
*Mean of five measurements
**Scalar values (Exposure, Site Moisture, Est. Snow Duration, Stability, and Soil Moisture) are linked to Table 3. Legend for the environmental variables used in the R4D vegetation studies