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1. An alpine rock desert on Eagle Summit, Alaska, during the peak ,,l il.,u,,iuu (kiie (una 

 1957). Here in this veritable rock garden, the author is seen collecting Arctic sandwort 

 and mountain avens (see pi. 9), the dominant species. Observe the hummockv solifluc- 

 tion slope in the background. 



• -^ ;■ i"^'" "'^"^ ^""dra meadow of citongrass tussocks ("niggcrhead meadow") on 

 rolhng foothill slopes along the lower Noatak River in the western Brooks Range, Alaska. 

 Late in June 1963, the tufts of the mature white bristles ("cotton") of the fruiting spikes 

 are dominating this landscape like fresh-fallen snow. Note the persisting old snowbeds 

 in the background. 



