BIO 205 Lecture 13: Wetland Classes Chart Quiz
20 Dec 2018
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Domed bog (burns bog); basin bog, shore bog. High water table (at or above surface) with some slow drainage alkaline. Sedges, grasses, reeds, some shrubs and sparse tree layer. Shore fen (alongside shore of pond or lake); stream fen (along banks or within channel of streams. Treed or low-shrub, nutrient-poor peatlands dominated by evergreen shrubs and sphagnum mosses. The rooting zone is isolated from mineral-enriched soil waters and. Peatland ecosystems that receive nutrient and water inputs from groundwater, they have large complement of plant species indicating mineral rich conditions. Treed or tall-shrub mineral wetlands having significant water flow and periodic surface aeration of substrate. Semi-permanently to seasonally flooded mineral wetlands dominated by emergent grass-like vegetation. Mineral wetlands with permanent shallow flooding where submerged or floating aquatic plants predominate. Periodically or permanently inundated by standing or slowly moving water which can fluctuate widely (coastal marshes) Isolated ponds, potholes, shallow lakes, sloughs, oxbows, vernal pools.
