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-32B

	Horizon Depth (cm) Wet color % Organic matter Coarse gravel* Fine gravel* Sand* Silt* Clay* Texture Hygro Moisture Bulk Density g/cm3 Bw1 00-05 10YR4/5 0.00 2.6 16.9 34.5 41.2 24.2 l 0.0 0.00 Bw2 05-50 10YR4/3 2.47 14.5 19.0 31.2 40.2 28.6 cl 1.2 1.70 *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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