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-6

soil photo
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HorizonDepth (cm)Wet
color
% Organic
matter
Coarse
gravel*
Fine
gravel*
Sand*Silt*Clay*TextureHygro
Moisture
Bulk
Density
g/cm3
Oe08-137.5YR1.7/183.17  8.832.159.1c5.50.00
A13-157.5YR4/334.1020.016.719.510.333.5scl2.20.00
Bw115-177.5YR5/63.340.24.936.627.430.9cl0.90.00
Bw217-3010YR4/22.601.87.531.52732cl0.71.74
*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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