G. DeBenedictis 1966 Journal 12 August Mcade River Cord Mine, 157°02'50"W, 70°27'4"N, Alaska Carr raniflora-chladonhiza-aquatalis ponds (shallow, drying out this year); and final Carr aquatalis-rotundata-chlordonhiza ponds (these with water and only these species - the other ponds with several additional species). The plot is about 15% Cornicularia, 10% River bleff, 50% Eriophorum-Carr both polygon; and 46% Carr low polygon ponds. The whole area of ridge seems to be about like this, with about that proportion of this land in the major vegetation types (River bleff is an extremely well defined version of Eriophorum-Carr low polygon). The ridges between ponds are more like this Eriophorum-Carr low polygons, but may be distinguished by several herbs growing on them - notably Rubus chamaemorus and Baltardo mava. I suspect this pond- polygon seems goes both ways here in terms of succession - the ponds fill in with more and going to the lower- microrelief Eriophorum-Carr polygon, and the latter's edges enlarging by tce wedging to form ponds, but it's hard to tell. Will have to see how the vegetation plots I took support