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II. THE MAPLE CLIMAX- 38 
A. General physiographic features ------- 39 
B. Successions relations - -- -- -- — - - 41 
I. Xeruroh successions on the first range - 41 
(1) Summit of the range -------42 
fa) Ecological factors ----- 42 
(b) The plant associations - - - 43 
fc) Quadrat studies -------47 
(2) The escarpment and its asso¬ 
ciations ----------50 
(3) The talus slope ---------53 
f4) Forest below the talus ------ 58 
II. Hydrarch successions in the valley 
of Carp River -----------61 
a. Carp River ------------64 
b• Carp Lake ------------66 
o. Flood plain -----------69 
SUMMARY-71 
REFERENCES - 77,78,79,80 
