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Wetlands

Wetlands. Important Habitats & Ecosystems. What are “wetlands”?. What do YOU think “Wetlands” are?. Look again. What do you see & hear?. A wetland is land that is soaked with water, like a wet sponge. Sometime you see the water…. …and sometimes you don’t. Why are wetlands important?.

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Wetlands

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  1. Wetlands Important Habitats& Ecosystems

  2. What are “wetlands”?

  3. What do YOU think “Wetlands” are?

  4. Look again

  5. What do yousee & hear?

  6. A wetland is land that is soaked with water, like a wet sponge.

  7. Sometime you see the water…

  8. …and sometimes you don’t.

  9. Why are wetlands important?

  10. Do you liketo breath and…

  11. …drink clean water?

  12. Wetland plants make tons and tons of oxygen for animals, like us, to breath.

  13. Wetland plants and soil filter (clean) water, as the water soaks into the ground.

  14. Do you need clean water?

  15. Swamp, marsh, bog, and vernal pool are the 4 main typesof wetlands.

  16. What makes each type different from the others?1. Amounts of water2. Types of soil3. The plants and animals

  17. Here aresome examples:

  18. Swamp Land flooded all or most of the year with lots of trees or shrubs. Trees and shrubs are called “woody plants”. There are many different kinds of swamps, ranging from the forested red maple swamps of the Northeast, to the extensive bottomland hardwood forests found along the sluggish rivers of the Southeast.

  19. Swamp

  20. Swamp

  21. Swamp

  22. Swamp

  23. What was the SAME in allof the swamps? Go back and look again, if you need.

  24. Marsh Land flooded for all or most of the year. No trees growing in the marsh, only soft-stemmed plants. Typical marshes include species of sedges, rushes, grasses, smartweed, and cattails.

  25. Marsh

  26. Marsh

  27. Marsh

  28. What was the SAME in allof the marshes? Go back and look again, if you need.

  29. SaltMarsh Marshes near the oceans and bays have salt water. Different plants and animals live in these. Coastal wetland plant species include: smooth cordgrass; black needlerush; glasswort; salt grass; sea lavender; salt marsh bullrush; saw grass; cattail; salt meadow cordgrass; and big cordgrass

  30. Bog A bog has spongy peat moss and very little open water. Precipitation is the only way water goes into the bog, and evaporation is the only way water leaves the bog.

  31. Bog

  32. Bog

  33. Bog

  34. Did the bogs look wet?Try walking on one.It’s like walking on a wet sponge.

  35. Vernal Pools Spring Winter Summer The plants and animals that live in vernal (spring) pools depend on water for only part of the year. No fish live in this type of wetland. Vernal pools have water in fall through spring. They dry out in summer.

  36. Vernal Pools

  37. Vernal Pools

  38. Vernal Pools

  39. Vernal Pools

  40. Which type of wetland has the most open water?

  41. Swamp Land flooded all or most of the year with lots of trees or shrubs. Trees and shrubs are called “woody plants”. There are many different kinds of swamps, ranging from the forested red maple swamps of the Northeast, to the extensive bottomland hardwood forests found along the sluggish rivers of the Southeast.

  42. Which type of wetland has the least open water?

  43. Bog A bog has spongy peat moss and very little open water. Precipitation is the only way water goes into the bog, and evaporation is the only way water leaves the bog.

  44. Which type of wetland has only soft-stemmed plants?

  45. Marsh Land flooded for all or most of the year. No trees growing in the marsh, only soft-stemmed plants. Typical marshes include species of sedges, rushes, grasses, smartweed, and cattails.

  46. Which type of wetland dries up in summer?

  47. Vernal Pools Spring Winter Summer The plants and animals that live in vernal (spring) pools depend on water for only part of the year. No fish live in this type of wetland. Vernal pools have water in fall through spring. They dry out in summer.

  48. Wetlands are habitatsfor many plantsand animals. They are adapted to the wet environment.

  49. Swamp Swamp Rose Great Blue Heron

  50. Swamp Swamp Sparrow Alligator

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