U1
Southern arctic alluvial scrub (Salix phylicifolia, Alnus fruticosa) and swamp meadows (Calamagrostis langsdorffii, Carex aquatilis)
Description
Mosaic of dominant willow scrub and swamp meadows.
a) two-layered willow scrub with additions of other shrubs (e.g. Alnus fruticosa), herb layer of grasses and herbs. Between the closed shrub stands there are small meadow-like clearings:
b) at middle altitudes swamp meadow with Calamagrostis langsdorffii, in deeper basins hummocky sedge swamps (Carex aquatilis).
U1a: Alluvial scrub
U1b: Swamp meadows
Tree Layer
U1a: Salix phylicifolia (Black Poplar Bush), Salix glauca (White Willow Bush), Salix hastata (Black Poplar Bush), Salix lanata (White Willow Bush), Alnus fruticosa (Common Alder Bush), Ribes nigrum (wild_shrub), Lonicera pallasii (English Elm Bush)
Fairly thick distribution -> see concept
Shrub Layer
No detail
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
U1a: Bromus inermis (woodland_sedge), Phalaris arundinacea (green_meadow_fescue), Alopecurus pratensis (timothy_grass), Galium boreale (thick_fern), Veratrum lobelianum (sweet_woodruff), Vicia cracca, Vicia sepium (cross_leaved_heath), Equisetum arvense (wood_horsetail), Ranunculus repens (buttercups);U1b: Calamagrostis langsdorffii (dry_reeds), Carex aquatilis (rushes)
River deltas in Forodwaith
