Table 3. List of the eight vegetation nodal identified from the sampled stands at Point Barrow. Characteristic and or dominant species for each are listed. I. DRY LUZULA CONFUSA HEATH: Luzula confusa, Potentilla hyparctica, Alectoria nigricans, Pogonatum alpinum, and Psilopilum cavifolium. II. MESIC SALIX ROTUNDIFOLIA HEATH: Salix rotundifolia, Arctagrostis latifolia, Saxifraga punctata, Sphaerophorus globosus, and Brachythecium salebrosurn. III. MESIC CAREX AQUATILIS-POA ARCTICA MEADOW: Carex aquatilis, Poa arctica, Luzula arctica, Cetraria richardsonii, Pogonatum alpinum. IV. MOIST CAREX AQUATILIS-ONCOPHORUS WAHLENBERGII MEADOW: Carex aquatilis, Oncophorus wahlenbergii, Dupontia fisheri, Peltigera aphthosa and Aulacomnium turgidum. V. WET DUPONTIA FISHERI-ERIOPHORUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM MEADOW: Dupontia fisheri, Eriophorum angustifolium, Cerastium jenisjense, Peltigera canina and Campylium stellatum. VI. WET CAREX AQUATILIS-ERIOPHORUM RUSSEOLUM MEADOW: Carex aquatilis, Eriophorum russeolum, Saxifraga foliolosa, Calliergon sarmentosum, and Drepanocladus brevifolius. VII. ARCTOPHILA FULVA POND MARGIN: Arctophila fulva, Ranunculus pallasii, Ranunculus gmelini, Eriophorum russeolum, and Calliergon giganteum. VIII. COCHLEARIA OFFICINALIS MEADOW AND CREEK BED Phippsia algida, Ranunculus pygmaeus, Stellaria humifusa, Saxifraga rivularis, and Arctagrostis latifolia.