Vegetation Environmental

The major species of the shrub layer are Salix planifolia ssp. pulchra (30% cover, 1 meter height), Betula nana (0.8 meters height, 10% cover) and Spiraea beauverdiana (0.7 meters height, 10% cover). The major species of the herbaceous layer are Calamagrostis lapponica (50% cover), Polemonium acutiflorum (5% cover), Rubus arcticus (10% cover), Aconitum delphinifolium (5% cover), Epilobium angustifolium (5% cover) and Petasites hyperboreus (20% cover). Important species that occasionally occur in this type are Vaccinium vitis-idaea (15% cover), Empetrum nigrum (15% cover), Luzula tundricola (5% cover), Heracleum lanatum (5% cover) and Sanguisorba officinalis (3% cover). The major species of the nonvascular layer are Hylocomium splendens (30% cover), Politrichium species (10% cover), Rhytidium rugosum (5% cover), Cetraria species (10% cover), Cladonia species (10% cover), Peltigera species (5% cover), Nephroma species (5% cover) and Pleurozium schreberi (5% cover).

This type is found at an average altitude of 844 meters with a slope of 8% and an average aspect of 198 degrees. The range in elevation is 732 meters, the range in slope is 1% to 33%, and the range in aspect is 166 to 296 degrees. The bedrock geology in 89% of the plots is sedimentary/metasedimentary and in 11% of the plots is volcanic. The surficial geology in 56% of the plots is bedrock, in 33% of the plots is glacial moraines and in 11% of the plots is alluvial deposits.