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