more this would have been extremely difficult because of the 

 large number of intergrown species in the 2-in. -thick layer. 



Table 3-1 . A Loiseleuria procumbens-Cladonia spp. Stand About 10 so. rods in 

 Area, 10 Miles East of Nome, Alaska. (On shallow soil consisting of dork 

 brown loam to about 5 in., and mostly of loose, crumbling schist from 

 5 to 14 in. down. July 30, 1951.) 



Note: Cover values are according to the Hult-Sernander scale: (1) herbage cover less 

 than '/i6 of the m^ sample area, (2) '/le to '/s, (3) '/s to 'A, (4) 'A to Vi, (5) '/2 to Va, (6) V* to 

 ^4."" Additional vascular species present in the stand but not in any sample area are: 

 Arctagrostis alpina, Calamagrostis canadensis, Lycopodium annolinum. Lichens: Cladonia rangi- 

 ferina, C. sylvalica, C. pleurota, C. cornuta cylindrica, C. macilenta squamigera, C. delessertii, 

 Cetraria cucullata, Stereocaulon tomentosum, Pertusana coccodes, Pilophorus cereolus, Thamnolia 

 vermicularis, and Nephroma arcticum. The more common mosses were Polytrichum piliferum, 

 Hylocomium splendens, Drepanocladus iincinatus, Ptilidium ciliare, and Bryum sp. The moss-like 

 Selaginella selaginoides was also common.'"" 



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