Alaska journal, v4407
Page 455
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Chidde 1957 Transsect #4 22 June Pitmegea River, Cape Sabine, Alaska Tedrow and I set this line out in the well developed tussock area on the slope to the outcrop to SW of Loon Marsh. 13 July Surveyed last community etc. This line starts at the edge of a broad finger of Sedge Wet Meadow which runs up toward Owl Ridge in a band 20-30' across and is the largest of the sedge fingers in the area. By 0.2 The line is in very well developed tussock up to 15" in height and closely spaced. The tussocks are by far the dominant vegetation but there is a sprinkling of erect and prostrate willows, S. angustifolia and Arctostaphylos, as well as Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Ledum, at 5.6 north Sedge finger and then a relatively barren area of muddy wet meadow. There is an angle of __° at 5.0. The remainder of the line is a mixture of Tussock and Sedge Wet Meadow as the line runs along the intersection of the two types, one higher and one lower in the drainage. The tussocks are by far the best developed in the area.