Arctic scrub loamy floodplain

Description

The reference plant community is characterized as wet sedge meadow tundra (Viereck et al. 1992). This ecological site has no known associated disturbance regimes and has one plant community within the reference state.

All plant communities associated with this ecological site have limited data, so the state-and-transition model is provisional.

Dominant plant species

1. Alaska bog willow (Salix fuscescens), shrub

2. tealeaf willow (Salix pulchra), shrub

3. bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia), shrub

4. tall cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), grass

5. lesser saltmarsh sedge (Carex glareosa), grass

6. round sedge (Carex rotundata), grass

7. sphagnum (Sphagnum), grass

Submodel