Arctic Alaska Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1993-2005

This data set provides the spatial distributions of vegetation types, geobotanical characteristics, and physiographic features for the Arctic tundra region of Alaska for the period 1993-2005. Specific attributes include dominant vegetation, bioclimate subzones, floristic subprovinces, landscape types, lake coverage, and substrate chemistry. This data set generally includes areas North and West of the forest boundary and excludes areas that have a boreal flora such as the Aleutian Islands and alpine tundra regions south of treeline.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated September 15, 2026, 03:41 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 14:32 (UTC)
accessLevel public
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modified 2026-09-07T22:16:02Z
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spatial ["CARTESIAN", [{"WestBoundingCoordinate": -173.052, "NorthBoundingCoordinate": 71.3703, "EastBoundingCoordinate": -138.542, "SouthBoundingCoordinate": 57.0847}]]
temporal 1993-06-01/2005-03-30
theme {"Earth Science"}