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 Physical Characteristics, Plot SW-2

	Horizon Depth (cm) Wet color % Organic matter Coarse gravel* Fine gravel* Sand* Silt* Clay* Texture Hygro Moisture Bulk Density g/cm3 IOe 00-10 2.5Y2/1.5 25.89     5.3 53.2 41.5 sic 4.2 0.00 IA 10-19 2.5Y4/1 14.82     28.9 45 26.1 l 1.6 0.51 IIOeb 19-32 10YR2/2 51.89     6.3 45.3 48.5 sic 9.3 0.00 IIBA 32-46 2.5Y4/1 7.55 35.5 5.3 30.0 41.2 28.8 cl 1.9 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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