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In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants. [1] More in general, the word can be used for any low-lying and seasonally waterlogged terrain. In Europe and in agricultural literature low-lying meadows that require draining and embanked polderlands are also referred to as marshes or marshland.
A freshwater marsh is a non-forested marsh wetland that contains shallow fresh water, and is continuously or frequently flooded. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Freshwater marshes primarily consist of sedges, grasses, and emergent plants.
Marshland is a low-lying and seasonally waterlogged land. Marshland may also refer to: Marshland, 2014 Spanish film; Marshlands, Queensland; Marshland, New Zealand
A tidal marsh (also known as a type of "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean. [1]
Tate leaves the marsh and Barkley Cove to attend college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he works in biology and protozoology labs under the guidance of professors.
The Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve is home to more than half of the protected species of French Guiana, and includes the black caiman, manatees, the giant otter, the jaguar, and the matamata turtle. [4] The reserve attracts many birds, and is home to 535 bird species. [4] It is an important breeding and wintering location for many ...
The term became common in these areas because it is of Cree origin; maskek (ᒪᐢᑫᐠ) meaning "low-lying marsh". [1] Muskeg consists of non-living organic material in various states of decomposition (as peat), ranging from fairly intact sphagnum moss, to sedge peat, to highly decomposed humus.
A general definition provided by the textbook Wetlands describes a fen as "a peat-accumulating wetland that receives some drainage from surrounding mineral soil and usually supports marsh like vegetation." [8] Three examples are presented below to illustrate more specific definitions for the term fen.