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Wetlands

Also Known As Marsh · Swamp · Bog · Fen
Freshwater and Wetland Biomes
Wetlands

NOAA defines a wetland simply as an area of land that is saturated with water. It groups them into five kinds by where that water comes from: marine wetlands on open coasts, estuarine wetlands where a river meets the tide, riverine wetlands along rivers, lacustrine wetlands fringing lakes, and palustrine wetlands, the marshes, swamps, fens and bogs most people picture first. Unlike the other biomes in this atlas, a wetland is not defined by a temperature band or a rainfall total. It is defined by hydrology, and it turns up from the tropics to the Arctic wherever water lingers on the land. NOAA describes wetlands acting as water filters, absorbing excess nutrients and pollutants before they reach rivers and lakes, and as flood control, absorbing and slowing floodwaters during heavy rain. That combination, filtration plus flood storage, is why a wetland can sit at the edge of a Freshwater biome, a Marine coastline or a Savanna floodplain and still do the same basic job.

Facts
Disputed
Annual Precipitation (mm)
1143 1
1143mm is the midpoint of the cited source stated 10 to 80 inch range, the same figure and source already used on the Freshwater biome entity; wetlands occur in every climate so no single figure is fully meaningful.
Typical Low Temperature (C)
1.7 2
1.7C converts the source stated 35F winter low. Same caveat as temperature-high-c: wetlands span every climate zone.
Typical High Temperature (C)
23.9 2
23.9C converts the source stated 75F summer high. Wetlands occur from the tropics to the boreal zone, so no single figure is fully meaningful; the same source and reasoning already anchor the Freshwater biome entity own temperature facts.
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The Filter Nobody Built: What a Wetland Actually Does

This article records tradition as it has been passed down and reported. Its sources are not yet part of the atlas's verified catalogue.

NOAA's own definition of a wetland is almost plain to the point of being unhelpful: an area of land that is saturated with water. What that saturation does, once it is sitting there, is the more interesting story. NOAA describes wetlands acting as water filters, absorbing excess nutrients, sediments and other pollutants before they ever reach a river, a lake or the open sea. The same soaked ground works the opposite direction during a storm. Rather than letting a heavy rain run straight off the land, a wetland absorbs and slows the floodwater, which NOAA credits with alleviating property damage and, in the worst events, saving lives. Two jobs, filtration and flood storage, done by the same passive, unpowered structure of soil, roots and standing water. This atlas classifies Wetlands as its own biome rather than folding it into Freshwater, because a wetland is not defined by a climate band the way a rainforest or a desert is. It is defined by hydrology, and NOAA's own classification proves the point: marine wetlands sit on open coasts, estuarine wetlands where a river meets the tide, riverine wetlands beside rivers, lacustrine wetlands fringing lakes, and palustrine wetlands, the marshes, swamps, fens and bogs most people picture first. A wetland can appear inside a tropical rainforest, on an arctic coast or in the middle of a desert wherever water lingers, which is exactly why it needed a category of its own.

Not One Wetland But Five, All Sharing a Name

This article records tradition as it has been passed down and reported. Its sources are not yet part of the atlas's verified catalogue.

Ask what a wetland is and most people picture a marsh. NOAA's own classification is wider than that single image. It sorts wetlands into five general types by where the water that saturates them comes from: marine wetlands on the open coast, estuarine wetlands where a river's fresh water meets the tide, riverine wetlands strung along rivers, lacustrine wetlands fringing lakes, and palustrine wetlands, the category that actually holds the marshes, swamps, fens and bogs most people mean when they say the word. Common names pile up across all five: NOAA lists marshes, estuaries, mangroves, mudflats, mires, ponds, fens, swamps, deltas and coral reefs among the terms that end up describing one wetland type or another. That range is worth sitting with, because it means a coral reef and a mountain bog, two ecosystems that share almost nothing about temperature, salinity or the species living in them, both qualify as wetlands under the same hydrological test. What unites the five types is never climate. It is water sitting on or in the land long enough to shape what grows there, which is also why this atlas keeps Wetlands as a biome defined by hydrology rather than by a temperature or rainfall figure the way Tundra or Tropical Rainforest are.

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Source Wetland (Wikipedia)

NOAA states wetlands absorb and slow floodwaters and filter runoff before it reaches rivers and lakes, a direct role in the water cycle.

Source What Is a Wetland? (NOAA Ocean Service)

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Sundarbans, Ecosystems

The Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest, a wetland ecosystem by NOAA's own hydrology-based definition; this edge had no in-biome link at all before this pass.

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Source What Is a Wetland? (NOAA Ocean Service)
Source What Is a Wetland? (NOAA Ocean Service)
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1. Freshwater Biome (Earth Eclipse)
Earth EclipsePrecipitation section
Quote, Precipitation section
On average, precipitation in freshwater biome ranges from 10 to 80 inches per year.
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2. Climate In A Freshwater Biome (Sciencing)
SciencingThe Biome Climate section
Quote, The Biome Climate section
Average temperatures in a freshwater biome in the summer range from 65 to 75 degrees F, and from 35 to 45 degrees F in the winter.
What Is a Wetland? (NOAA Ocean Service)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • main content section
    Common names for wetlands include marshes, estuaries, mangroves, mudflats, mires, ponds, fens, swamps, deltas, coral reefs, billabongs, lagoons, shallow seas, bogs, lakes, and floodplains, to name just a few!
  • NOAA Ocean Service, What Is a Wetland?, definition section
    A wetland is an area of land that is saturated with water.
  • What is a wetland?
    A wetland is an area of land that is saturated with water.
  • In Category: Biomes
  • Demonstrates: Water Cycle
  • Long-Form Articles: The Filter Nobody Built: What a Wetland Actually Does
  • Long-Form Articles: Not One Wetland But Five, All Sharing a Name
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Beavers Work to Improve Habitat (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Home To: SundarbansView the Source
Camargue (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Camargue, lead sectionView the Source
Danube Delta (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Danube Delta, lead sectionView the Source
Greylag Goose (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Greylag Goose, Habitat Types
Quote, Home To: Greylag Goose, Habitat Types
salt marshes, estuaries, freshwater marshes, steppes, flooded fields
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World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund
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  • Home To: Mekong Delta
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Wikipedia: Dryopteris cristata
Wikipedia
  • Home To: Crested Wood Fern, Wikipedia intro states: "Dryopteris cristata is a perennial species of fern native to wetlands throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It is known as crested wood fern, crested buckler-fern or crest"
  • Home To: Crested Wood Fern, Wikipedia intro: "Dryopteris cristata is a perennial species of fern native to wetlands throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It is known as crested wood fern, crested buckler-fern..."
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Axolotl (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Axolotl, Wikipedia intro: "nder, or other species such as mudpuppies. Axolotls originally inhabited a system of interconnected wetlands and lakes in the highlands of Mexico. They were kno..."View the Source
Jaguar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Jaguar, Wikipedia intro: "ed and open terrains, but its preferred habitat is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest, wetlands and wooded regions. It is adept at swimming and is..."View the Source
Northern Cardinal (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Northern Cardinal, Wikipedia intro: "of Hawaii since its introduction in 1929. Its habitat includes woodlands, gardens, shrublands, and wetlands. It is the state bird of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky..."View the Source
Venus Flytrap (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Venus Flytrap, Wikipedia intro: "he Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on the East C..."View the Source
Mallard (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Mallard, Wikipedia intro: "outh Africa. Belonging to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae, mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social..."View the Source
Eurasian eagle-owl, Wikipedia
Home To: Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Wikipedia intro: "ountainous and rocky areas, often near varied woodland edge and near shrubby areas with openings or wetlands. They also inhabit coniferous forests, steppes, and..."View the Source
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum - Wikipedia
Home To: Cinnamon Fern, Wikipedia intro: "lands. It also thrives in open meadows as a dominant species. The fern often grows in wet savannas, wetlands, floodplains, marshes, dry-mesic forests and subtro..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Antheraea polyphemus
Home To: Polyphemus Moth, Wikipedia intro: "Arizona and Nevada. Polyphemus moths inhabit deciduous hardwood forests, orchards, urban areas, and wetlands. The caterpillar can eat a total of 86,000 times it..."View the Source
African Dwarf Crocodile (Wikipedia)
Home To: African Dwarf Crocodile, Wikipedia intro: "?s), meaning "throat") is a genus of crocodiles. They are small, secretive crocodiles that occur in wetlands of West and Middle Africa. They are commonly known..."View the Source
Spiky bog-moss (Wikipedia)
Home To: Spiky Bog-moss, Wikipedia intro: "og-moss or spreading-leaved bog moss, is a peat moss species found in nutrient-rich, damp soils and wetlands across the Northern Hemisphere, with isolated popul..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Jungle cat
Home To: Jungle Cat, Wikipedia intro: "rranean region and the Caucasus to parts of Central, South and Southeast Asia. It inhabits foremost wetlands like swamps, littoral and riparian areas with dense..."View the Source
Eurasian teal (Wikipedia)
Home To: Eurasian teal, Wikipedia intro: "rious duck outside the breeding season and can form large flocks. It is commonly found in sheltered wetlands and feeds on seeds and aquatic invertebrates. The N..."View the Source
Dalmatian Pelican (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Dalmatian Pelican, Wikipedia 'Dalmatian pelican': breeds in swamps and shallow lakesView the Source
Wikipedia: Toco Toucan
WikipediaHome To: Toco Toucan, Wikipedia 'Toco Toucan': especially common in the Brazilian cerrado and the wetlands of the PantanalView the Source
Wikidata: Nutria
Home To: Nutria, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Asian Tiger Mosquito
Home To: Asian Tiger Mosquito, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Duckweed
Home To: Duckweed, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Dragonfly
Home To: Dragonfly, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Golden Mantella
WikidataHome To: Golden Mantella, IntroductionView the Source
Lygodium microphyllum (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Old World Climbing Fern, IntroductionView the Source
Smooth-coated otter (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Smooth-coated Otter, IntroductionView the Source
Eurasian bittern (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Eurasian bittern, IntroductionView the Source
Northern pintail (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Northern pintail, IntroductionView the Source
African marsh harrier (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: African marsh harrier, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Triops cancriformis
Home To: Triops cancriformis, IntroductionView the Source
Phragmites australis (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Phragmites australis, IntroductionView the Source
Wikipedia: Kihansi spray toad
Home To: Kihansi Spray Toad, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Kihansi Spray Toad, Habitat
A number of wetlands made up the habitat of this species, all fed by spray from the Kihansi River waterfall.
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The Reptile Database: Oldham's leaf turtle
The Reptile DatabaseHome To: Oldham's leaf turtle, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Oldham's leaf turtle, Habitat
Habitat: freshwater (Rivers, swamps)
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Orthonama vittata (Wikipedia)
Home To: Orthonama vittata, Biology
Quote, Home To: Orthonama vittata, Biology
Habitat: prefers moist meadows, forest clearings, and coastal wetlands.
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Pied stilt (Wikipedia)
Home To: Pied Stilt, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Pied Stilt, Distribution and habitat
Its habitat is in wetlands and estuaries.
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Plants For A Future: Alisma plantago-aquatica - Useful Temperate Plants
Plants For A FutureHome To: Alisma plantago-aquatica, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Alisma plantago-aquatica, Habitat
Marshes, ditches, damp ground; shallow water up to 15cm deep in pond margins and slow-moving streams
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European tree frog (Wikipedia)
Home To: European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea), Section: Distribution and habitat; begins "European tree frogs can be found in marshlands,"
Quote, Home To: European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea), Section: Distribution and habitat; begins "European tree frogs can be found in marshlands,"
European tree frogs can be found in marshlands, damp meadows, reed beds, parks, gardens, vineyards, orchards, stream banks, lake shores, or humid or dry forests.
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Wikipedia: Fishing Cat
WikipediaHome To: Fishing Cat, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Fishing Cat, Lead section
It lives mostly in the vicinity of wetlands, along rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, in swamps and mangroves where it preys mostly on fish.
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Common moorhen (Wikipedia)
Home To: Common moorhen, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Common moorhen, Lead section
It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands.
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Grey heron (Wikipedia)
Home To: Grey heron, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Grey heron, Lead section
A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast.
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Black stork (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black stork, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Black stork, Lead section
It is seen singly or in pairs, usually in marshy areas, rivers or inland waters.
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Sphagnum fimbriatum (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fringed Bog-moss, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Fringed Bog-moss, Lead section
It forms loose carpets or soft mounds in wetlands and is identified by its stem leaves with fringed upper margins.
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Wetland (Wikipedia)
Demonstrates: Carbon Cycle, Ecosystem services section, carbon sentence
Quote, Demonstrates: Carbon Cycle, Ecosystem services section, carbon sentence
wetlands also process and condense carbon (in processes called carbon fixation and sequestration)
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Pygmy hippopotamus - Wikipedia
Home To: Pygmy Hippopotamus, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 285530, target B16453
Quote, Home To: Pygmy Hippopotamus, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 285530, target B16453
The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) is a small hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and
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Euphorbia palustris (Wikipedia)
Home To: Euphorbia palustris, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 410259, target B16453
Quote, Home To: Euphorbia palustris, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 410259, target B16453
Euphorbia palustris, the marsh spurge or marsh euphorbia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to marshland throughout much of mainland Europe and western Asia.
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Great snipe (Wikipedia)
Home To: Great snipe, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 365697, target B16453
Quote, Home To: Great snipe, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 365697, target B16453
This bird's breeding habitat is marshes and wet meadows with short vegetation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia, from Scandinavia and Poland east across northern Russia to western Siberia, and south to northern Ka
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Equisetum hyemale (Wikipedia)
  • Home To: Scouringrush Horsetail, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 352254, target B16453
    Other habitats include moist forest and woodland openings, lake and pond shores, ditches, marshes and swamps.
  • Home To: Rough Horsetail, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 352250, target B16453
    Other habitats include moist forest and woodland openings, lake and pond shores, ditches, marshes and swamps.
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Wikipedia: Two-toed Amphiuma
WikipediaHome To: Two-toed Amphiuma, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 317269, target B16453
Quote, Home To: Two-toed Amphiuma, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 317269, target B16453
Amphiumas live in areas of shallow, heavily vegetated water in swamps, bayous, lakes, and ponds, as well as wet prairies.
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Glyptostrobus pensilis (Wikipedia)
Home To: Chinese Swamp Cypress, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 344837, target B16453
Quote, Home To: Chinese Swamp Cypress, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 344837, target B16453
It typically grows in river banks, ponds and swamps, growing in water up to deep.
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Wikipedia: Coenobita spinosus
Home To: Coenobita spinosus, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 350211, target B16453
Quote, Home To: Coenobita spinosus, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 350211, target B16453
C. spinosus notably lives in forests and wetlands, but can also be found on beaches and in lagoons.
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Wikipedia: Raft spider
WikipediaHome To: Raft Spider, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Raft Spider, Introduction
The raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) is a large semi-aquatic spider of the family Dolomedidae found throughout north-western and central Europe. It is one of only two species of the genus Dolomedes found in Europe, the other being the slightly larger Dolomedes plantarius which is endangered in the UK.
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Cicada (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Cicada, Taxonomy and diversity
Quote, Home To: Cicada, Taxonomy and diversity
Australian cicadas are found on tropical islands and cold coastal beaches around Tasmania, in tropical wetlands, high and low deserts, alpine areas of New South Wales and Victoria, large cities including Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and Tasmanian highlands and snowfields.
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Dingo (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Dingo, Hybrids, distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Dingo, Hybrids, distribution and habitat
The dingo's present distribution covers a variety of habitats, including the temperate regions of eastern Australia, the alpine moorlands of the eastern highlands, the arid hot deserts of Central Australia, and the tropical forests and wetlands of Northern Australia.
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Wikipedia: Bald Eagle
WikipediaHome To: Bald Eagle, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Bald Eagle, Habitat
The bald eagle occurs during its breeding season in virtually any kind of American wetland habitat such as seacoasts, rivers, large lakes or marshes or other large bodies of open water with an abundance of fish.
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Sandhill Crane (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Sandhill Crane, Subspecies and evolution
Quote, Home To: Sandhill Crane, Subspecies and evolution
Sandhill cranes occur in pastures, open prairies and freshwater wetlands in peninsular Florida from the Everglades to the Okefenokee Swamp.
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White Stork (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: White Stork, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: White Stork, Distribution and habitat
The white stork's preferred feeding grounds are grassy meadows, farmland and shallow wetlands.
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Common Pheasant (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Common Pheasant, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Common Pheasant, Ecology
These birds are found in woodland, farmland, scrub, and wetlands.
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Wikipedia: Painted turtle
Home To: Painted Turtle, Lead
Quote, Home To: Painted Turtle, Lead
They have been shown to prefer large wetlands with long periods of inundation and emergent vegetation.
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Wikipedia: Photinus pyralis
Home To: Common Eastern Firefly, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Common Eastern Firefly, Habitat
Some natural habitats of these fireflies include meadows, fields, wetlands, desert canyons, and dense forests, and while they can successfully thrive in all of these areas, they require moisture to survive at all life stages.
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Foraminifera, Wikipedia
Home To: Foraminifera, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Foraminifera, Ecology
They are known to inhabit disparate ecological niches, including mosses, rivers, lakes and ponds, wetlands, soils, peat bogs, and sand dunes.
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Earwig - Wikipedia
Home To: Earwig, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Earwig, Distribution
The only native species of earwig found in the north of the United States is the spine-tailed earwig (Doru aculeatum), found as far north as Canada, where it hides in the leaf axils of emerging plants in southern Ontario wetlands.
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Damselfly, Wikipedia
Home To: Damselfly, Lead
Quote, Home To: Damselfly, Lead
Their presence on a body of water indicates that it is relatively unpolluted, but their dependence on freshwater makes them vulnerable to damage to their wetland habitats.
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Wikipedia: Chinese Alligator
WikipediaHome To: Chinese Alligator, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Chinese Alligator, Habitat
The habitat of the Chinese alligator is bodies of fresh water, particularly wetlands and ponds, in areas transitioning between subtropical and temperate climates.
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Wikipedia: Red-crowned Crane
WikipediaHome To: Red-crowned Crane, Range and habitat
Quote, Home To: Red-crowned Crane, Range and habitat
This species nests in wetlands, marshes and rivers.
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Wikipedia: Cat
Home To: Domestic Cat, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Domestic Cat, Habitats
Feral cats can live in forests, grasslands, tundra, coastal areas, agricultural land, scrublands, urban areas, and wetlands.
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Montagu's harrier (Wikipedia)
Home To: Montagu's harrier, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Montagu's harrier, Habitat
It can breed in wetlands, though these are often smaller and drier than those used by the marsh harrier.
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Australian pied cormorant (Wikipedia)
Home To: Australian pied cormorant, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Australian pied cormorant, Distribution and habitat
Although typically found in marine habitat-sometimes solitary, sometimes in pairs, sometimes in vast flocks of hundreds or thousands-it is also attracted to inland waters, including lakes, deep and open wetlands, and rivers.
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Wolf (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Wolf, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Wolf, Distribution and habitat
Wolves live in forests, inland wetlands, shrublands, grasslands (including Arctic tundra), pastures, deserts, and rocky peaks on mountains.
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European mink (Wikipedia)
Home To: European mink, Habitat loss
Quote, Home To: European mink, Habitat loss
As the European mink is more dependent on wetland habitats than the American species, its decline in Central Europe, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Moldova and Ukraine has been linked to the drainage of small rivers.
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Eurasian tree sparrow (Wikipedia)
Home To: Eurasian tree sparrow, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Eurasian tree sparrow, Distribution and habitat
The tree sparrow shows a strong preference for nest-sites near wetland habitats and avoids breeding on intensively managed mixed farmland.
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North American Beaver (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: North American Beaver, Ecology
Quote, Home To: North American Beaver, Ecology
As wetlands are formed and riparian habitats enlarged, aquatic plants colonize newly available watery habitat.
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African openbill (Wikipedia)
Home To: African openbill, Habitat
Quote, Home To: African openbill, Habitat
The place you are most likely to see them are on large freshwater wetlands with nearby tall trees or shrubs for them to nest in.
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Great cormorant (Wikipedia)
Home To: Great cormorant, Breeding
Quote, Home To: Great cormorant, Breeding
The great cormorant nests in colonies near wetlands, rivers, and sheltered inshore waters.
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Common crane (Wikipedia)
Home To: Common crane, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Common crane, Habitat
In Sweden, breeders are usually found in small, swampy openings amongst pine forests, while in Germany, marshy wetlands are used.
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Western marsh harrier (Wikipedia)
Home To: Western marsh harrier, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Western marsh harrier, Distribution and habitat
Like the other marsh harriers, it is strongly associated with wetland areas, especially those rich in common reed (Phragmites australis).
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Eurasian whimbrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Eurasian whimbrel, Distribution and migration
Quote, Home To: Eurasian whimbrel, Distribution and migration
In Iceland, it lives in lowland plains, grasslands, wetlands in flat, wet areas with low vegetation, but to a lesser extent in higher areas.
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Little stint (Wikipedia)
Home To: Little Stint, Nesting
Quote, Home To: Little Stint, Nesting
Birds prefer to nest in low-lying areas within grassy tundra, often near wetlands .
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Pied avocet (Wikipedia)
Home To: Pied avocet, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Pied avocet, Habitats
On the Atlantic coast, it inhabits wetlands, natural or artificial, with sparse vegetation and shallow water pockets with mud, sand, or clay islets, or dikes with samphire.
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Kentish plover (Wikipedia)
Home To: Kentish plover, Habitats and movement
Quote, Home To: Kentish plover, Habitats and movement
The breeding habitats are most commonly alkali lake shores, wetlands, salt marshes, and coastland, which is fitting with the results of a study that investigated what makes an environment suitable for a breeding habitat for the Kentish plover.
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Black swan (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black swan, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Black swan, Distribution and habitat
The black swan is common in the wetlands of southwestern and eastern Australia and adjacent coastal islands.
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Marsh sandpiper (Wikipedia)
Home To: Marsh sandpiper, Lead
Quote, Home To: Marsh sandpiper, Lead
It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to the Russian Far East.
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Changeable hawk-eagle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Changeable hawk-eagle, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Changeable hawk-eagle, Distribution and habitat
The changeable hawk-eagle inhabits savannawoodland, agricultural land, wetlands, tea plantations, forest villages and even suburbs.
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Fiddler crab - Wikipedia
Home To: Fiddler Crab, Lead
Quote, Home To: Fiddler Crab, Lead
Fiddler crabs are found along sea beaches and brackish intertidal mud flats, lagoons, swamps, and various other types of brackish or salt-water wetlands.
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Wikipedia: Mexican Burrowing Toad
WikipediaHome To: Mexican Burrowing Toad, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Mexican Burrowing Toad, Habitat
Its natural habitats include forest, savanna, shrubland, grassland, and inland wetlands.
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Arapaima - Wikipedia
Home To: Arapaima, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Arapaima, Habitat
In the wetlands of the Araguaia, one of the most important refuges for this species, it is the top predator in such lakes during the low-water season, when the lakes are isolated from the rivers and oxygen levels drop, rendering its prey lethargic and vulnerable.
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Tiger salamander, Wikipedia
Home To: Tiger Salamander, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Tiger Salamander, Habitat
The ideal breeding condition for tiger salamanders ranges from wetlands, such as cattle ponds and vernal pools, to flooded swamps.
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NatureServe Explorer: Danaus plexippus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Danaus Plexippus, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Danaus Plexippus, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Black-headed gull, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Black-headed gull, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Turdus migratorius
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: American Robin, Species characteristics: FORESTED WETLAND
Quote, Home To: American Robin, Species characteristics: FORESTED WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "FORESTED WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Dendrophylax lindenii
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Ghost Orchid, Species characteristics: FORESTED WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Ghost Orchid, Species characteristics: FORESTED WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "FORESTED WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Asclepias syriaca
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Common Milkweed, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Common Milkweed, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Vanessa atalanta
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Red Admiral, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Red Admiral, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Struthiopteris spicant
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Deer Fern, Species characteristics: Bog/fen
Quote, Home To: Deer Fern, Species characteristics: Bog/fen
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "Bog/fen"
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NatureServe Explorer: Pinus contorta
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Lodgepole Pine, Species characteristics: Bog/fen
Quote, Home To: Lodgepole Pine, Species characteristics: Bog/fen
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "Bog/fen"
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NatureServe Explorer: Crotalus horridus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Timber Rattlesnake, Species characteristics: SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Timber Rattlesnake, Species characteristics: SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Ambystoma opacum
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum), Species characteristics: SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum), Species characteristics: SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Dryopteris celsa
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Log Fern, Species characteristics: FORESTED WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Log Fern, Species characteristics: FORESTED WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "FORESTED WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Lorinseria areolata
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Netted Chain Fern, Species characteristics: FORESTED WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Netted Chain Fern, Species characteristics: FORESTED WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "FORESTED WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Lygodium palmatum
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: American Climbing Fern, Species characteristics: SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND
Quote, Home To: American Climbing Fern, Species characteristics: SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Pinus palustris
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Longleaf Pine, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Longleaf Pine, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Urtica dioica
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Stinging Nettle, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Stinging Nettle, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Darlingtonia californica
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Cobra Lily, Species characteristics: Bog/fen
Quote, Home To: Cobra Lily, Species characteristics: Bog/fen
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "Bog/fen"
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NatureServe Explorer: Egretta thula
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Snowy Egret, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Snowy Egret, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Equisetum variegatum
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Variegated Horsetail, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Variegated Horsetail, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Tringa nebularia
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Common greenshank, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Common greenshank, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Alauda arvensis
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Eurasian skylark, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Eurasian skylark, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
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NatureServe Explorer: Hemaris thysbe
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Hemaris thysbe, Species characteristics: SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND
Quote, Home To: Hemaris thysbe, Species characteristics: SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "SCRUB-SHRUB WETLAND"
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Nephrolepis exaltata, Wikipedia
Home To: Boston Fern, Habitat: Wetlands
Quote, Home To: Boston Fern, Habitat: Wetlands
exaltata thrives in moist, shady locations and is found frequently in swamps and floodplains.
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Plants For A Future: Reynoutria japonica
Plants For A FutureHome To: Japanese Knotweed, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Japanese Knotweed, Habitats
Cold to warm temperate. It grows in forests and humid areas. It grows in wetlands.
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Plants For A Future: Taxodium distichum
Plants For A Future
  • Home To: Taxodium Distichum, Habitats
    Wet sites that are under water for at least part of the year ... and often overlying calcareous soils ... Often found where the water is brackish
  • Home To: Swamp Cypress, Habitats
    Wet sites that are under water for at least part of the year ... and often overlying calcareous soils ... Often found where the water is brackish
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Plants For A Future: Equisetum laevigatum
Plants For A FutureHome To: Smooth Horsetail, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Smooth Horsetail, Habitats
Common in wetlands and along waterways across central and western North America.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Cuculus canorus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Common Cuckoo, Wetlands
Quote, Home To: Common Cuckoo, Wetlands
Wetlands marsh marsh
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Plethodon cinereus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Red-backed Salamander, Wetlands
Quote, Home To: Red-backed Salamander, Wetlands
Wetlands marsh marsh swamp swamp
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Vipera berus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: European Adder, Wetlands
Quote, Home To: European Adder, Wetlands
Wetlands marsh marsh
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Corvus corone (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Carrion crow, Wetlands
Quote, Home To: Carrion crow, Wetlands
Wetlands marsh marsh
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Gleichenia microphylla (Wikipedia)
Home To: Coral Fern, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Coral Fern, Habitat
A common plant, often seen growing under waterfalls, in swamps, under cliffs and in tall open forest.
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Wikipedia: Sphagnum girgensohnii
WikipediaHome To: Girgensohn's Bogmoss, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Girgensohn's Bogmoss, Habitat
The species shows considerable habitat flexibility, being found in wet depressions in swamps and dwarf shrub heaths, in addition to its typical woodland habitats.
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Wikipedia: Huperzia selago
WikipediaHome To: Fir Clubmoss, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Fir Clubmoss, Habitat
It is found in sandy pits, ditches, along lakeshores, heathland and in conifer swamps.
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Wikipedia: Lygodium japonicum
WikipediaHome To: Japanese Climbing Fern, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Japanese Climbing Fern, Habitat
It grows in moist, swampy habitat, especially in disturbed areas.
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Sphagnum palustre (Wikipedia)
  • Home To: Blunt-leaved Bog-moss, Habitat wetland
    It is comparatively frequent and grows on moist and wet habitats like wet forests, often coniferous forests, on marshy meadows, but rarely in moors.
  • Home To: Sphagnum Palustre, Habitat wetland
    It is comparatively frequent and grows on moist and wet habitats like wet forests, often coniferous forests, on marshy meadows, but rarely in moors.
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Ceratopteris thalictroides (Wikipedia)
Home To: Water Sprite, Habitat wetland
Quote, Home To: Water Sprite, Habitat wetland
Ceratopteris thalictroides is often found near stagnant water or in still pockets along slow flowing rivers in swampy areas, swamp forests, sago swamps, marshes, natural and man-made ponds.
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Phegopteris connectilis (Wikipedia)
Home To: Northern Beech Fern, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Northern Beech Fern, Habitat
Phegopteris connectilis favors wet habitats: the sides of streams, areas with springs, coniferous swamps and eutrophic paludified hardwood-spruce forests (lehtokorpi in Finnish).
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