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ooze in summer, rests on top of permafrost at 30 cm. The wetland vegetation is
dominated by mosses and sedges of the
Sphagnum, Carex
and
Eriophorum
genera. Soils
Figure 24.4
The sequence of soils, vegetation and permafrost
along a topographic catena in the Low Arctic (Rankine Inlet,
North West Territories of Canada).
