1 Objectives: 1) List the 7 types of wetlands found in Pennsylvania. Provide one characteristic for each. 2) Define Hydric Soils and Hydrophytic Plants 3) explain what is mean by a hydroperiod. Swamp Marsh Bog Fen Forested wetland Scrub-shrub wetland Emergent wetland Vernal pool Pothole Slough Bayou Quagmire Muskeg Pocosin Slough Mire Glade Flat Wetlands: Many Names, One Definition Swamps Marshes Bogs Fens Vernal pools Common Wetlands in Pennsylvania Forested wetlands Scrub-shrub wetlands Emergent wetlands •Near waterways •Shallow water – may dry up in summer Swamps Credit: http://dnr.state.il.us/wetlands/swamp.htm •Woody plants •Along coasts and waterways •Large marshes up to 7 feet deep; small marshes may dry up in summer. Marshes Credit: http://dnr.state.il.us/wetlands/marsh.htm •Soft-stemmed vegetation •Geneva Marsh = largest freshwater marsh in the state •In deep depressions that don’t drain •Peat, sphagnum moss •Acidic, often very deep, water Bogs Credit: http://dnr.state.il.us/wetlands/bog.htm •Evergreen trees & shrubs
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Objectives: 1) List the 7 types of wetlands found in Pennsylvania.
Provide one characteristic for each. 2) Define Hydric Soils and
Hydrophytic Plants 3) explain what is mean by a hydroperiod.
Wetlands: Many Names, One DefinitionWetlands: Many Names, One Definition
Swamp
Marsh
Bog
Fen
Forested wetland
Scrub-shrub wetland
Emergent wetland
Vernal pool
Pothole
Slough
Bayou
Quagmire
Muskeg
Pocosin
Slough
Mire
Glade
Flat
Wetlands: Many Names, One DefinitionWetlands: Many Names, One Definition
Wetlands: Many Names, One DefinitionWetlands: Many Names, One Definition
Swamps
Marshes
Bogs
Fens
Vernal pools
Common Wetlands in PennsylvaniaCommon Wetlands in Pennsylvania
Forested wetlands
Scrub-shrub wetlands
Emergent wetlands
Wetlands: Many Names, One DefinitionWetlands: Many Names, One Definition
•Near waterways
•Shallow water – may dry up in summer
SwampsSwamps
Credit: http://dnr.state.il.us/wetlands/swamp.htm
•Woody plants
Wetlands: Many Names, One DefinitionWetlands: Many Names, One Definition
•Along coasts and
waterways
•Large marshes up to 7
feet deep; small marshes
may dry up in summer.
MarshesMarshes
Credit: http://dnr.state.il.us/wetlands/marsh.htm
•Soft-stemmed vegetation
•Geneva Marsh = largest
freshwater marsh in the
state
Wetlands: Many Names, One DefinitionWetlands: Many Names, One Definition
•In deep depressions that don’t drain
•Peat, sphagnum moss
•Acidic, often very deep, water
BogsBogs
Credit: http://dnr.state.il.us/wetlands/bog.htm
•Evergreen trees & shrubs
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Wetlands: Many Names, One DefinitionWetlands: Many Names, One Definition