Subarctic Tussock Tundra Wet Loamy Plains

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Frequency and canopy cover of plants in community 1.1.

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Frequency and canopy cover of plants in community 1.3.

Description

The reference state supports two community phases grouped by the structure and dominance of the vegetation (e.g., shrubs, forbs, and graminoids) and their ecological function and stability. The reference plant community is characterized by a tussock tundra with cottongrasses and hydrophytic shrubs. The presence of this and related communities are dictated temporally and spatially by fire. All community phases in this report are characterized using the Alaska vegetation classification system (Viereck et al., 1992).

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1.1. Marsh Labrador tea-dwarf birch/tussock cottongrass-water sedge

1.2. Cottongrasses-sedges/sphagnum moss

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Subarctic Tussock Tundra Wet Loamy Plains

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