Extensive, strategic assessment of southeast Alaska's vegetative resources

With the framework of the Alaska vegetation classification system (AVCS) as a basis, vegetation types were described and species richness and diversity values among the modified AVCS types were estimated. The highest species richness of vascular plants in closed forest occurs in the western hemlock-Alaska cedar type, the lowest in the Sitka spruce type. In the open forest category, the highest species richness is in the mixed conifer type and the lowest is again in the Sitka spruce type.