338 Water sedge-tall cottongrass grassland Wet meadows occur in alpine settings in boreal and boreal transition regions of Alaska. Sedges and grasses such as Carex aquatilis or C. bigelowii and Eriophorum angustifolium (tall cottongrass) dominate the vegetation. The shrub layer is generally less than 25% cover and comprised of Salix spp., Betula nana and potentially some ericaceous species such as Empetrum nigrum. 130,120 3 315,317 18 5 1

Base fuelbed FB_0333_LF. Altered species composition and structure based on EVT descriptions (2633, 2626, 2683 and 2707) This is a general fuelbed and species composition will vary significanlty across sites. Sep 19, 2011 20 1.5 98 19479 40 23743 20 22476 40 0 90 2 0.8 95 39374 40 40080 40 39369 20 1 20 0.3 75 0.5 1 10.0 90.0 0.5 95 1