Research Article
Spectral Estimation of Soil Properties in Siberian Tundra Soils and Relations with Plant Species Composition
Table 5
Names of occurring plant species for the described transects and profiles, including the fractional cover.
| Transect 1 —Pleistocene Ridge | A | B | C | D | E |
| Betula nana 5 | Betula nana 1 | Betula nana + | Eriophorum vaginatum 80 | Betula nana 10 | Ledum decumbens + | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 5 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 1 | Ledum decumbens + | Ledum decumbens 10 | Salix pulchra 1 | Ledum decumbens 1 | Arctagrostis latifolia ssp. arundinacea + | Hylocomium splendens + | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 10 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 1 | Eriophorum vaginatum + | Polytrichum sp. + | Poaalpigena + | Ledum decumbens 1 | Arctagrostis latifolia ssp. arundinacea + | Cetraria laevigata + | | Eriophorum vaginatum + | Poa alpigena 1 | Cetraria islandica + | | Eriophorum vaginatum + | Poa alpigena + | Aulacomnium turgidum 80 | Dactylina sp. 5 | | Cetraria laevigata 2 | Polytrichum sp. 5 | Peltigera aphthosa 20 | | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 1 | Dactylina sp. 60 | Tomenthypnum nitens 5 | Hylocomium splendens 50 | Dicranum polysetum 10 | Dicranum sp. 10 | Cetraria islandica + | Aulacomnium turgidum + | | Hylocomium splendens 50 | Rhytidium rugosum + | Peltigera aphthosa 1 | Dicranum sp. 20 | | Aulacomnium turgidum + | | Tomenthypnum nitens 10 | | Cetraria islandica 7 | | Peltigera aphthosa + |
| Transect 2- Slope | A | B | C | | |
| Betula nana 30 | Betula nana 20 | Betula nana 50 | Ledum decumbens 10 | Ledum decumbens 30 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 5 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 10 | Cassiope tetragona + | Poa alpigena + | Hylocomium splendens + | Salix glauca + | Carex aquatilis ssp. stans 10 | Dicranum sp. + | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 5 | Peltigera aphthosa 10 | Polytrichum sp. + | Ledum decumbens 5 | Cetraria islandica + | Cetraria nigricans 10 | Carex aquatilis ssp. stans + | Cetraria levigata + | Cetraria islandica 15 | Poa alpigena + | Aulacomnium turgidum 45 | Dactylina sp. 5 | Hylocomnium splendens 15 | Dicranum sp. 25 | Aulacomnium turgidum + | Tomenthypnum nitens 10 | Hylocomnium splendens + | Dicranum polysetum + | Aulacomnium turgidum 5 | Rhytidium rugosum + |
| Transect 3— Drained Thaw lake | A | B | C | D | |
| Betula nana 20 | Salix pulchra 10 | Eriophorum angustifolium 20 | Carex chordorrhiza 1 | Betula nana + | Vaccinium vitis-idea 35 | Carex stans + | Calamagrostis holmii 1 | Poa alpigena + | Carex aquatilis ssp. stans + | Vaccinium vitis-idaea 10 | Polytrichum sp. 80 | Rhytidium rugosum 60 | Arctagrostis latifolia ssp. arundinacea 5 | Cetraria islandica 10 | Tomenthypnum nitens 20 | Eriophorum angustifolium 5 | Polytrichum sp. 50 | Cetraria laevigata 5 | Sphagnum squarrosum + | Sphagnum squarrosum 95 |
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