Marshes

Examples of marshes include the Everglades in Florida, the Prairie Potholes in central North America, and many coastal areas along the Great Lakes.

Marshes have certain characterristics which set them apart from other wetlands. A marsh may contain nonwoody, emergent plants. They are either periodically or continually flooded, with shallow water or water saturated soils. Vegetation in a marsh is often seperated into different "zones". "Zones", and the plants therein are determined by the different levels of elevation of the land the marsh occupies.

Marshes recieving water from different sources differ from each other aswell. A marsh recieving water from the ocean would be a salt water marsh. Freshwate marshes would likely have a water source such as rainwater or ground water runoff. The former would be much more mineralized than the latter.

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