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Vegetation and flora associated with localized snow accumulation at Mount Field West, Tasmania
Author(s) -
GIBSON NEIL,
KIRKPATRICK J. B.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1442-9993
pISSN - 0307-692X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1985.tb00869.x
Subject(s) - snow , vegetation (pathology) , flora (microbiology) , physical geography , mount , snow line , snow field , geology , ecology , field (mathematics) , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , geomorphology , snow cover , biology , paleontology , medicine , pathology , bacteria , computer science , operating system , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , pure mathematics
The vegetation associated with a snow patch at Mt Field in Tasmania is described and mapped. Seven distinct vegetation types were found to be related directly to topography and hence to the patterns of snow accumulation, snow melt and soil drainage. The fjaeldmark found where snow lies longest is unusual for Tasmania and may be the product of past climatic events and a peculiar parent material. At the generic level there exists a high similarity with the snow patch flora of the Australian Alps.