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Plate 34.— Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Unconsolidated Bottom, SUBCLASS Mud, water regime Semipermanently 

 Flooded, water CHEMISTRY Mesosaline, soil Mineral. The dominant plant is summer cypress (Kochia scoparia). The subordi- 

 nate plants are golden dock \Rumex maritimus) and goosefoot [Chenopodium glaucum). This wetland is pictured during 

 drouth conditions when the bottom is being invaded by pioneer species. (Stutsman County, i-Iorth Dakota; August 1961; 

 Photo courtesy of R. E. Stewart) 



