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Plate 68.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, dominance type Carex aquatilis, 

 WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER chemistry Fresh. Subordinate plants include: narrowleaf Labrador tea (Ledum decumbens), 

 dwarf birch (Betula nana), small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), peat moss (Sphagnum spp.), 

 and foliose lichens. (Narokachik River area, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



