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-31

Date sampled:	8/7/84	Tussock Thaw Depth:
Landform:	Hill crest	Inter-Tussock Thaw Depth:	60 cm
Terrain Unit:	Till	Bare Soil	0%
Slope:	2°	Rock	0%
Aspect:	90°	Soil Type	Pergelic Cryaquept
Exposure (scalar)**:	2.9	Soil Moisture (scalar)**:	6.0
Surface Form:	Featureless ground	Low shrub cover:	20%
Microsite:		Dwarf shrub cover:	30%
Microsite Cover:		Average shrub height:	0 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:	6.0	Tussock Graminoid Cover:	0.3%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:	4.0	Nontussock Graminoid Cover:	30.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:	56 cm	Forb Cover:	20%
Stability (scalar)**:	1.8	Lichen Cover:	1%
Cryoturbation:	0	Bryophyte Cover:	80%
Microrelief Height:	15 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