low, wet grassland without trees, periodically covered by water
a poorly drained portion of the landscape with shallow standing water most of the year, most extensive around intertidal zones.
Wetland dominated by herbaceous or nonwoody plants often developing in shallow ponds or depressions, river margins, tidal areas, and estuaries.
tract of low wetlands often home of reeds or sedges; may be salt or fresh water.
A wetland with few trees and woody shrubs.
Land area where the ground is full of water.
A tract of low, wet, soft land. A swamp or bog.
n. (ME. mersh, meadowland) a tract of wet land principally inhabitated by emergent herbaceous vegetation.
grassy low lying wet land.
Low, wet land that is covered by water at least part of the time and supports grasses rather than trees.
A wetland where plants grow with their roots in water and their tops in the air.
a type of wetland that has mostly soil (not peat) and has lots of grasses, rushes and other plants, but not many trees.
An area of low, wet ground, usually with reeds and grasses growing in it.
a common term applied to describe treeless wetlands characterized by shallow water and abundant emergent, floating, and submergent wetland flora. Typically found in shallow basins, on lake margins, along low gradient rivers, and in low energy tidal areas. Waters may be fresh, brackish or saline.
An emergent wetland that is usually seasonally flooded or wet, and often dominated by one or a few plant species.
Area of mineral-based soil in which the summer water level is close to the surface, but seldom much above it.
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"
a fairly flat wetland with grassy plants, which help filter out pollution
a form a wetland that constitutes the border between aquatic and terrestrial habitats
an open wetland with grass-like plants
a type of low-lying wetland located near a river or lake
a type of wetland in which the water depth is usually less than two meters
a wetland area that remains wet at least half of the year
a wetland covered with low growing emergent vegetation such as cattails, or rushes, or other grasslike plants
a wetland that contains grasses
Low-lying soft, wet land, at times covered by water, grasses, sedges, cattails and rushes are present; synonym: slough.
An ecosystem of more or less continuously waterlogged soil dominated by emersed herbaceous plants but without a surface accumulation of peat. A marsh differs from a swamp in that it is dominated by rushes, reeds, cattails, and sedges, with few if any woody plants, and differs from a bog in having soil rather than peat as its base.
A wetland zone which is dominated by emergent herbaceous vegetation (usually taller than 1m), such as common reed - Phragmites australis. Some marsh zone areas are seasonally wet but most are permanently or semi-permanently wet.
A treeless wetland characterized by certain plants that are adapted to living in wet conditions
An area of shallow open water, surrounded by aquatic vegetation like cattails, bulrushes, and sedges. Marshes are very rich in nutrients.
A low-lying track of soft, wet land that provides an important ecosystem for a variety of plant and animal life.
A wetland with standing water, grasses, rushes, or sedges.
An emergent wetland seasonally flooded or usually wet and often dominated by one or a few plant species. Marshes can be either freshwater or saltwater.
an area of low-lying water logged land, often beside water, that is poorly drained and liable to flood, difficult to cross on foot, and unfit for agriculture or building.
An area with soft, wet land (also called "wetland"). Marshes are very important because they help clean polluted water, and because many animals and plants live there.
hydrologically cyclical wetlands dominated by emergent reed, graminoids, cyperoids, and aquatic plants. Basin marshes occur in glacial kettles, potholes and swales, most often found in community complexes with savannas or prairies. Streamside marshes are restricted to the floodplains of creeks and rivers.
An emergent wetland that is flooded either seasonally or permanently. Marshes support the growth of emergent plants e.g. cattails, bulrushes, reeds, sedges, and floating-leaved plants e.g. pondweeds and submergents.
An area of low, wet land, characterized by shallow, stagnant water and plant life dominated by grasses and cattails. ( marais)
a wetland that is covered with water most of the time and has no trees
a nutrient-rich wetland, characterized by cattails and waterlilies
A marsh is a type of freshwater, brackish water or saltwater wetland that is found along rivers, pond, lakes and coasts. Marsh plants grow up out of the water.
A type of wetland that does not accumulate appreciable peat deposits and is dominated by herbaceous vegetation. Marshes may be either fresh or saltwater, tidal or non-tidal.
a wetland which is seasonally or permanently flooded/ponded, with soils which remain semi-permanently or permanently saturated, and which is usually dominated by tall (usually 1.5m) emergent herbaceous vegetation, such as the common reed (Phragmites australis).
wetland that is inundated much or all of the growing season and contains forbs and grasses but not many woody species. A periodically wet or continually flooded area where the surface is not deeply submerged' covered dominantly with sedges, cattails, rushes, or other emergent plants.
marisma—Composed of salt tolerant plants.
a type of wetland that is dominated by herbaceous vegetation and does not accumulate appreciable peat deposits. Marshes may be either fresh or salt water and tidal or non-tidal. Water is up to two meters deep with soft-stemmed, emergent vegetation such as cattails and reeds.
a tract of low, wet, or soft land
Low, wet, grassland without trees periodically covered with water.
a periodically wet, or continually flooded, area where the water is shallow throughout; it is typically covered with sedges, cattails, rushes, or other water-loving plants.
Poorly drained ground, sometimes flooded, often found next to open water.
Soft, wet low-lying land that provides an important ecosystem for a variety of plant and animal life. Marshes may be either fresh or saltwater, tidal or non-tidal. (See: wetlands)
a low, wet area of land that is sometimes flooded in wet weather
a type of wetland habitat where mostly grasslike plants grow.
type of wetland ecosystem characterized by poorly drained mineral soils and by plant life dominated by grasses
an area of low wet land which is covered by grasses.
A wetland characterized by soft, wet and low-lying land, marked by herbaceous (non-woody) vegetation.
an environment where terrestrial and aquatic habitats overlap; a wetland dominated by grasses
A wetland without trees and shrubs. Cattails and rushes usually grow here.
marshes are wetland areas often dominated by grasses and reeds.
Shallow-water areas that sustain water-loving plants such as cattail, sedge, arrowhead, bulrush, water-lily and pondweeds.
a wetland where the dominant vegetation is non-woody plants, such as salt grasses and sedges
A wetland dominated by herbaceous emergent plants.
An area of soft, wet, or periodically submerged land, generally treeless and usually characterized by grasses and other low vegetation.
A frequently or continually flooded wetland with emergent green leafy vegetation adapted to saturated soil conditions.
A frequently or continually inundated wetland characterized by emergent herbaceous vegetation adapted to saturated soil conditions.
Wetlands dominated by herbaceous (nonwoody) plants rooted in and generally emergent from shallow water.
Wetland without trees; in North America, this type of land is characterized by cattails and rushes.
A wetland on mineral soil and under standing water for at least a part of the year. Generally well aerated and rich in minerals with little or no accumulation of peat. Principally inhabitated by partially-submerged herbaceous vegetation. Mashkig or wâbashkiki in the Ojibwe.
an area of low-lying wetland; a swamp; a bog.
Periodically or continually inundated areas covered with vegetation of cattails, sedges, rushes, and some woody hydrophytic plants.