Arctic Vegetation Plots at Umiat, North Slope, Alaska, 1951

This data set provides vegetation cover and plot data collected during the periods of July and August, 1951, from 51 stands (areas of homogeneous vegetation communities) in the the Umiat region of Alaska, on the Colville River. The Umiat area is within the Northern Foothills section of the Arctic Foothills province on the slope north of the Brooks Range. Data include vegetation species, percent cover classes, soil moisture, topographic position, slope, aspect, and plot shape and size.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated August 18, 2026, 01:27 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 14:33 (UTC)
accessLevel public
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temporal 1951-07-01/1951-08-31
theme {"Earth Science"}