P. DeBenedictis 1966 HABITATS & PLANT ASSOCIATIONS Meade River - 3 8.) Poud margins a) Sphagnum / Pedicularis lapponica / Ruber b) Salix pulchra e) Eriophorum vaginatum / Carex cossimilis Betulaceae low-center polygonal + Ridges (moist tundra) 1) Salix pulchra type 2) Salix rehuelata type (Dryas present) 3) Carex cossimilis type (no Er. vaginatum) 4) Eriophorum vaginatum / Carex cossimilis type (very low relief) - E. vaginatum predominates heavily to exclusion of Carex on ridges). 5) Wet Sandy Flats (weak polygonization) Salix arctica / Kobresia / Dryas / Equisetum variegatum (Salix rehuelata) This habitat merges with any of above as peat accumulates VII Polygon Trough 1) Mudfluct - bare or Ranunculus gmelinii 2) Peat - Carex aquatilis / Eriophorum angustifolium 3) wet mossy - Cardamine pratense / Chrysoplenium 4) mossy (temp. HOH) - sphagnum, mosses, liver- worts, pond type plants.