Vegetation Environmental

The major species of the shrub layer are Salix planifolia ssp. pulchra (1.2 meters height, 25% cover), Salix glauca (1.2 meters height, 10% cover), Betula nana (1 meters height, 35% cover), Potentilla fruticosa (0.2 meters height, 5% cover) and Vaccinium uliginosum (0.2 meters height, 10% cover). The major species of the herbaceous layer are Poa arctica ssp. arctica (5% cover), Linnaea borealis (2% cover), Mertensia paniculata (3% cover), Arctagrostis latifolia (25% cover), Delphinium glaucum (3% cover) and Festuca brachyphylla (5% cover). The major species of the nonvascular layer are Pleurozium schreberi (25% cover), Dicaranum species (5% cover), Hylocomium splendens (25% cover), Peltigera aphthosa var. leucophlebia (3% cover), Polytrichium species (3% cover), Aulacomium palustre (5% cover), Cetraria laevigata, Stereocaulon species (2% cover) and Cladonia species.

This type is found at an altitude of 984 meters with a 15% slope and an average aspect of 176 degrees. The range in elevation is 716 to 1,091 meters, the range in slope is 3% to 22%, and the range in aspect is zero. The bedrock geology in 50% of the plots is volcanic, in 25% of the plots is metasedimentary and in 25% of the plots is schist/gneiss. The surficial geology is bedrock.