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Reconnaissance Flight Paths
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Sample Locations |
Sample Locations-Quartz Creek |
Sample Locations-Salmon Lake to Quartz Creek |
Sample Locations-Nome to Salmon Lake |
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Sample Locations-Council
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Council Creek, Grid C1, C2, C3, C4, and C6. Grid C5 is located
southeast of these locations. |
Council Creek, C5. Barren grid.
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Quartz Creek Plots Sites of QC1, QC2, and QC3, northeast
of Bendeleben Mountains.
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C1: Council, Seward Peninsula. Open white spruce forest on gentle
(3°) south-facing toe slope above Melsing Creek. Undisturbed since
logging 80 years ago. Moist Picea glauca, Salix species, Vaccinium
uliginosum, Hylocomium splendens, evergreen tree/low shrub.
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C 2: 5 miles west of Council, Seward Peninsula. Flat basin dissected
by several small drainages. Soils: pergelic spagnohemist. Relevé
A: raised mossy hummocks. Moist Rubus chamaemorus, Betula nana, Ledum
decumbens, Sphagnum fuscum, erect dwarf shrub/moss. Relevé B:
between hummocks. Moist Cladonia arbusculoides, Cladonia rangiferina,
Vaccinium uliginosum, Carex aquatilis, lichen/erect dwarf-shrub tundra.
Relevé C: wet dpression. Wet Eriophorum angustifolium, Sphagnum
species, sedge tundra. |
C 3: Ophir Creek, Council, Seward Peninsula. Shrubs on hillside
above crkk. 5° slope to southwest. Relevé A: shrubby sites.
Moist Betula glandulosa, Salix glauca, Hylocomium splendens. Relevé
B: clearings. Moist Pentaphylloides floribunda, Vaccinium uliginosum,
Festuca altaica, Hylocomium splendens, Salix reticulata.
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C 5: Hilltop between Solomon and Council, Seward Peninsula. Soil:
pergelic cryochrept, on frost shattered limestone colluvium. Relevé
A: > 50% Dryas cover. Dry Dryas octopetala, Oxytropis bryophyla,
prostrate dwarf-shrub/forb tundra. Relevé B: < 50% cover,
sorted stone nets. Dry Dryas octopetala, barren complex.
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C 6: Blueberry Hill, Council, Seward Peninsula. Broad Hillslope
on shale derived colluvium. 10° slope to wast. Relevé A.:
moist Betula nana, Ledum decumbens, Vaccinium uliginosum, Carex bigelowii,
Sphagnum species, dwarf shrub tundra. Relevé B.: moist
Cladonia species, Empetrum nigrum, tundra.
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C 8: 10 km west of Council, Seward Peninsula. Slight slope to southeast,
with shrubby drainages. Soil: pergelic sphagnum fibist. Relevé A.:
moist Rubus chamaemorus, Empetrum nigrum, Vaccinium uliginosum, Sphanum
russowii. Relevé B.: moist Cladonia species, Carex
aquatilis, Vaccinium uliginosum. |
C 9: Glacier Creek, Seward Peninsula. Open old growth white spruce
forest. Part way down hill, 7° slope to SW. Soil: pergelic cryaquept.
Moist Picea glauca, Vaccinium uliginosum, Empetrum nigraum. Open
forest/low shrub.
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C 13: Crest of hill at head of Guy Rowe Creek, Seward Peninsula.
Rocky torre area. 3° slope to south. Relevé A: dry Bryocaulon
divergens, Umbillicaria proboscidea, Loiseluria procumbens, Ledum decumbens,
Stereocaulon paschala, Arctous alpina, prostrate dwarf-shrub/lichen. |
C 14: Slope above Guy Rowe Creek, Seward Peninsula, 5° south
facing slope. Moist Betula nana, Empetrum nigrens, Loiseluria procumbens,
Stereocaulon tomentosum, protrate dwarf-shrub/lichen. |
C 15: Dense alder shrub on slopes above Guy Rowe Creek, Seward Peninsula,
4° south facing slope. Relevé A: moist Alnus crispa,
Spirea beauvardiana, Calamagrostis canadensis. Relevé B:
moist Calamagrostis canadensis, Spirea beauvardiana, Salix pulchra. |
C 16: Low willow shrubs on banks above Guy Rowe Creek, Seward Peninsula,
5° south facing slope. Moist Salix pulchra, Salix lanata, rock.
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C 17: Council Mountain, Seward Peninsula. 70% rocky limestone scree,
7° slope to south. Dry Dryas octopetala, Hedysarum mackenzii, Centraria
species, Thamnolia subuliformis. |
C 18: Ophir Creek, Council, Seward Peninsula. Patchy alder stands
above grid C 3, 4° slope to the south. Relevé A: moist
Alnus crispa, tall shrub. Relevé B: moist Salix
glauca, Pentaphylloides floribunda, Calamagrostis canadensis, open low
shrub/graminoid/forb meadow. |
C 19: Ophir Creek, Council, Seward Peninsula. Shoulder of broad hill
above creek. Slight slope to south. Moist Eriophorum vaginatum, Rubus
chamaemorus, Sphagnum species, dwarf shrub tussock tundra. |
C-D: Equisetum areas, midslope on N side of Council Mtn., probably
hold snow. Moist Equisetum arvense, Salix reticulata, Salix lanata, Tomentypnum
nitens, open low-shrub, dwarf-shrub, moss. |
C-E: Council Mountain, Seward Peninsula. 70% rocky limestone scree,
7° slope to south. Moist Betula glandulosa, Salix species,
low shrub tundra.
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Blueberry Hill. Moist Picea glauca, Betula glandulosa, Vaccinium
uliginosum, Hylocomium splendens, shrub woodland.
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Cassiope Cone. Cone on northern side of Seward Peninsula lava flow.
Bottom of slope, 7° slope, facing north.
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QC 1: Tussock tundra on shoulder of hill above Mauze Creek, Seward
Peninsula. 4° west-facing slope. Moist Eriophorum vaginatum, Ledum
decumbens, Rubus chamaemorus, Sphagnum species, tussock graminoid/erect
dwarf-shrub.
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QC 2: Mauze Creek, Seward Peninsula. Moist erect dwarf shrub tundra
with frost features: stripe and scars. South facing hillside, 7° slope.
Soils: histic pergelic cryaquept, with pergelic cryumbrept and pergelic
cryorthent on frost features. Relevé A: Dry Empetrum nigrum,
Vaccinium uliginosum, Arctous alpina, Claonia species lichen/prostrate
dwarf-shrub tundra. Relevé B:: Moist Betula nana, Salix
pulchra, Carex bigelowii, erect dwarf shrub tundra. Relevé C:
dry Loiseluria procumbens, Salix phlebophylla, Sphaerophorus fragilis,
Bryocaulon divergens, lichen/prostrate dwarf shrub barren. |
QC 3: Mauze Creek, Seward Peninsula. Low shrubs in upper drainage,
5° slope to S. Soil: pergelic cryaquept. Relevé A: moist
Salix pulchra, Calamagrostis canadensis, low shrub tundra. Relevé
B: moist Vaccinium uliginosum, Carex podocarpa, Solidago multiradiata,
Hylocomium splendens, dwarf shrub/graminoid meadow. |
QC 25: Tall alder stnad above Kougarak Road, Kigluaik Mnts, Seward
Peninsula. 7° slope, south facing. Subplot A: moist Alnus
crispa, tall shrub. Subplot B: moist Calamagrostis canadensis,
Spirea beauvardiana, Senecio lugens, grass/forb meadow.
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QC 35: Flat river outwash plain in Kigluaik Mtns, Seward Peninsula.
Soil: pergelic cryorthent. Subplot A: dry Betula nana, Loiseluria
procumbens, Stereocaulon pascala, prostrate shrub lichen. Subplot B:
dry Rhododendron camschatika, Loiseluria procumbens, barren. |
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QC 38: Kigluaik Mnts, Seward Peninsula. Flat site with slight southern
exposure. 10% frost scars. Soil: pergelic cryorthent. A. Dry Empetrum
nigrum, Loiseluria procumbens, Arctous alpina, prostrate dwarf-shrub/lichen
tundra. B. Dry Dryas octopetala, Salix phelbophylla, Rhododendron
camschatika, prostrate dwarf-shrub/lichen barren. |
QC 45: Kigluaik Mtns, Seward Peninsula. Lichen tussock tundra on
slight slope to NE. Soil: pergelic cryohemist dysic. Moist Eriophorum
vaginatum, Cladonia species, Sphagnum lenense, dwarf shrub/lichen/tussock
tundra.
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QC 49: Alder savannah on northern side of Kigluaik Mtns., 20 miles
south of Kougarak River, Seward Peninsula. 3° slope to west. Soil: histic
pergelic cryaquept. Moist Betula nana, Alnus crispa, Vaccinium uliginosum,
Carex bigelowii, low shrub/graminoid tundra.
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Lava. Seward Peninsula lava flow. Patches of vegetation occur on
more weathered areas. Younger lova flow, on the right side of photo overlies
older lava. |
Lava. Close up of lichen mat: appeart to be moist Loiseluria procumbens,
Empetrum nigrum, Cladonia stellaris, Cetraria nivalis, prostrate dwarf-shrub/lichen. |
Lava. Seward Peninsula lava flow: view of landscape. |
Lava. Seward Peninsula lava flow: close up of lichens growing on
lava rock. |
Lava. Seward Peninsula lava flow: lichen mat amonst lava.
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The Seward Peninsula unsupervised MSS landcover classification.
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The Major Ecosystems of Alaska map reclassified from seven to six land-cover
classes. |
The Soil Converservation Service map reclassified from seven to six land-cover
classes. |
Topographical map of Council area showing study sites. |
Overhead view of Glacier Creek. Note the dead and overturned Picea
glauca individuals not observed at the Council site.
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The open understory of Glacier Creek dominated by the dwarf shrubs
Empetrum nigrum and Betula glandulosa and the low shurb Salix
planifolia ssp. pulchra. Note the Picea glauca seedlings in the
foreground. |
The dense understory of the Council site dominated by the low shrubs
Salix lanata, Salix planifolia ssp. pulchra, Salix hastata, and Populus
balsamifera. |
Overhead view of the Council, C1, site. |
One of the many Picea glauca stumps found within the Council new
growth forest area.
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Chris Thayer-Snyder measuring stump diameter at knee height.
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A diagram of the PCQ Method. |
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