Vegetation of a snow bed at Godhavn, West Greenland

The vegetation of a snow bed has been described by a pin-point method and a modified Raunkiær frequency analysis. The thawing of the snow has been followed and some soil properties have been investigated. It is concluded that the composition of the vegetation in the snow bed is influenced mainly by the duration of the growth period, but locally the density and the species composition are determined by the downward flow of the melt water.