Subalpine and Alpine Plateau Escarpments with Discontinuous Permafrost
Boreal-forested gravelly colluvial slopes
(30%)
Boreal Forest Loamy Slopes
Typic Eutrocryepts
Well drained
Hydric: No
PAWS: 8 cm
terraces
escarpments
Alpine-scrub-sedge gravelly slopes
(25%)
Black spruce/ericaceous scrub woodland slopes
Typic Historthels
Poorly drained
Hydric: Yes
PAWS: 18 cm
mountains
Subalpine-forested hardwood gravelly colluvial slopes
(20%)
White spruce/willow-birch scrub dry slopes
Typic Eutrocryepts
Somewhat excessively drained
Hydric: No
PAWS: 7 cm
escarpments
plateaus
Subalpine-scrub-meadow mosaic gravelly swales
(15%)
High elevation scrub drainageways
Oxyaquic Eutrocryepts
Somewhat poorly drained
Hydric: No
PAWS: 13 cm
swales
hills / Backslope
Alpine-scrub gravelly slopes
(10%)
Gravelly Slopes
Typic Haplogelods
Well drained
Hydric: No
PAWS: 12 cm
hills / Backslope
SSA
Scale
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2004
2025-09-02