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-9

Date sampled:	8/4/84	Tussock Thaw Depth:	99 cm
Landform:	Sideslope	Inter-Tussock Thaw Depth:
Terrain Unit:	Till	Bare Soil	2%
Slope:	3°	Rock	5%
Aspect:	260°	Soil Type	Pergelic Cryorthent
Exposure (scalar)**:	3.0	Soil Moisture (scalar)**:	3.0
Surface Form:	Rocky terrain (undifferentiated till and bedrock)	Low shrub cover:	0%
Microsite:		Dwarf shrub cover:	50%
Microsite Cover:		Average shrub height:	3 cm
Site Moisture (scalar)**:	3.5	Tussock Graminoid Cover:	0.0%
Estimated Snow Duration (scalar)**:	2.0	Nontussock Graminoid Cover:	5.0%
Snow Depth (5/17/87)*:	10 cm	Forb Cover:	1%
Stability (scalar)**:	1.5	Lichen Cover:	50%
Cryoturbation:	0.3%	Bryophyte Cover:	15%
Microrelief Height:	3 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