Type

Growth form

Toolik

Imnavait

p-values

Mean (n = 12)

SD

Mean (n = 12)

SD

Vascular

Shrubs

32.25

5.36

26.51

7.04

<0.05

Deciduous shrubs

20.12

8.61

17.56

7.21

ns

Evergreen shrubs

12.13

5.77

8.94

5.06

ns

Graminoids

21.31

11.77

15.63

9.52

ns

Forbs

1.60

1.69

5.99

5.52

<0.05

Non-vascular

Lichens

8.14

11.39

4.44

3.59

ns

Non-Sphagnum mosses

10.60

5.31

27.42

4.92

<0.001

Sphagnum spp.

13.96

10.93

9.68

6.65

ns

Bryophytes

24.99

9.45

38.50

5.07

<0.05