Vegetation map with code

Source:Jorgenson, M. T. et al. 1986.

Closed Coniferous Forest

CC1---Picea mariana/Ledum groenlandicum/Vaccinium spp./Pleurozium
schreberi/Sphagnum spp.
CC2---Picea mariana/Ledum groenlandicum/Vaccinium
spp./Feathermoss/Cladonia spp.
CC3---Picea mariana/feathermoss

Open Coniferous Forest
OC1---Picea mariana/Alnus crispa/Sphagnum spp.
OC2---Picea mariana/Alnus crispa/Ledum spp.-Vaccinium
spp.-feathermoss-Carex bigelowii
OC3---Picea mariana/Ledum groenlandicum - Vaccinium spp. -feathermoss -
Cladonia spp.
OC4---Picea mariana/Betula glandulosa - Ledum groenlandicum - Vaccinium
spp. / feathermoss /Cladonia spp.
OC5---Picea mariana/Betula glandulosa/feathermoss
OC6---Picea mariana/Betula glandulosa/feathermoss/Cladonia spp.

Coniferous Woodland
CW1---Picea mariana/Eriophorum vaginatum / Ledum decumbens - Vaccinium
spp./
Cladonia spp./ Sphagnum complex
CW2---Picea mariana-Picea glauca/Betula glandulosa- Alnus
crispa/feathermoss
CW3---Picea mariana/Sphagnum spp./Cladonia spp.
CW4---Picea mariana/Sphagnum spp.


Closed Deciduous Forest
CD1---Populus tremuloides/variable understory
CD2---Betula papyrifera-Alnus crispa-Calamagrostis canadensis
CD3---Betula papyrifera-Ledum groenlandicum - Pleurozium
schreberi-Polytrichum perinum

Closed Mixed Forest
CM1---Picea mariana-Betula papyrifera-Populus tremuloides/Ledum
groenlandicum
CM2---Picea mariana-Betula papyrifera/Equisetum spp.
CM3---Picea mariana-Betula papyrifera/Alnus crispa/Hylocomium splendens
CM4---Picea glauca-Betula papyrifera/Alnus crispa/Ledum groenlandicum
CM5---Picea glauca-Betula papyrifera/Alnus crispa/Calamagrostis
canadensis

Closed Tall Shrub
TS1---Salix alaxensis-S. planifolia-Alnus tenuifolia-Vaccinium
uliginosum-Betula glandulosa
TS2---Betula glandulosa-Ledum decumbens-Vaccinium spp.
TS3---Alnus crispa/Calamagrostis canadensis/Polytrichum
juniperinum-Pleurozium schreberi

Shrub Tundra
ST---Betula nana-Ledum decumbens/Hierochloe alpina

Mat and Cushion Tundra
MT---Dryas octopetala/Arctostaphylos alpina/Cetraria spp./Hierochloe
alpina

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