Raw herbaceous layer projective vegetation cover at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada)

• Main Authors: Schild, Laura, Kruse, Stefan, Gloy, Josias, Haupt, Sarah, Ewald, Peter
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: Abies lasiocarpa; cover; Achillea millefolium; Alnus alnobetula; Alnus sp.; Apiaceae; Arctagrostis latifolia; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; Arctous rubra; AWI_Envi; AWI Arctic Land Expedition; Betula glandulosa; Betula occidentalis; Bistorta plumosa; Bistorta vivipara; boreal forest; British Columbia; Canada; CA-Land_2022_NWCanada; Carex scirpoidea; Carex sp.; Chamaenerion angustifolium; Cornus canadensis; Cyperaceae; Dasiphora fruticosa; DATE/TIME; Deadwood; Diphasiastrum complanatum; Drosera rotundifolia; Dryas integrifolia; Alfred Wegener Institute; Northwest Territories; permafrost; Yukon
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.959412; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959412

Vegetation surveys were carried out in Northwest Territories, Yukon and British Columbia in Canada. The study area is within the boreal forest biome and is partially underlain by permafrost soils. The aim was to record the projective ground vegetation in different boreal forest types studied during...