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Subarctic Dwarf Scrub Dry Loamy Slopes

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Typical area of community 1.1.

Frequency and canopy cover of plants in community 1.1.

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Frequency and canopy cover of plants in community 1.2.

Typical area of community 1.3.

Frequency and canopy cover of plants in community 1.3.

Description

The reference state supports three community phases, which are distinguished by the developed structure and dominance of the vegetation and by their ecological function and stability. The reference community phase is scrubland. The presence of each community is dictated temporally by a disturbance regime of grazing and wind erosion.

This report provides baseline inventory data for the vegetation in this ecological site. Future data collection is needed to provide further information about existing plant communities and the disturbance regime that results in transitions from one community to another. Common and scientific names are from the USDA PLANTS database. Community phases are characterized by the Alaska Vegetation Classification System (Viereck et al., 1992).

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1.1. Dwarf birch-marsh Labrador tea

1.2. Marsh Labrador tea-black crowberry

1.3. Black crowberry/Bigelow's sedge

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