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Plate 77.— Classification: system Palustrine, CLASS Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Needle-leaved Deciduous, dominance TYPE 

 Larix laricina, WATER regime Seasonally Flooded, water chemistry Fresh. The tamarack saplings are 2-3 m (6.6-10 ft) tall 

 and cover 40-45% of the site. Subordinate plants include: dwarf birch (Betula nana), bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis), black 

 spruce (Picea mariana), leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calycvlata), diamondleaf willow (Salix planifoiia), narrowleaf Labrador tea 

 (Ledum decumbens), cotton grass (Eriophorwn sp.), bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), marsh cinquefoil (Potenlilla palustris), 

 and shrubby cinquefoil (P. fruticosa). (Vicinity of Big Delta, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



