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Adjacent to Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve; central eastern side of David Lake, NE of E/W fenceline, 1.2 km ESE of peninsula monument; Muhlasp-020815b; (centre) 52º34.900'N / 110º35.885'W [±0.025''] [GPS]; UTM27: (centre) 12N 0527100E 5825500N [±30m] [map]; drawdown nearshore alkaline barrens of David Lake with semiopen to semiclosed heavily grazed low graminoid meadow of 5-20% Glaux maritima - SOIL (Alkaline) - LITTER - Muhlenbergia asperifolia; 1-5% Juncus balticus - Aster pauciflorus - Carex parryana - Hordeum jubatum; <=1% Potentilla anserina - Agropyron trachycaulum subsp. subsecundum - Puccinellia nuttalliana - Aster ericoides - Ranunculus cymbalaria - Sonchus arvensis - Scirpus acutus AND drawdown offshore alkaline barrens of David Lake with semiclosed to closed lake basin graminoid meadow of 50-75% LITTER; 20-50% Hordeum jubatum; 5-20% Sonchus arvensis; 1-5% SOIL (alkaline) - Muhlenbergia asperifolia - Scirpus validus; <=1% Glaux maritima - Aster brachyactis; note: associated with Aster pauciflorus (020815a) and Carex parryana (020710b 020710c); the first habitat extends from 70 m from the thicket fringe for about 60 m to a point about 125 m offshore, and extends NE along shore for over 100 m; it [Specimen 109780] shares this habitat with the Aster pauciflorus and Carex parryana; the next habitat extends from about 125 m offshore from the high shore level thicket as a variable width of 10 - 30 (40) m into the lake's central basin Hordeum jubatum community, and extends along the offshore to the NE for over 100 m