Forested Wetlands at the Watershed Center

A wetland is a lowland area with lots of plants and animals, and wet soils. Wetlands have shallow water and soggy soil. Forested wetlands are swamps with many softwood and hardwood trees. These swamps can be full of hemlock, cedar,spruce, fir, and pines. Some wetlands have canopies that cover ...more ↓

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bur-reeds ¹
Sparganium

Large White Trillium ²
Trillium grandiflorum

sphagnum moss ³
Sphagnum

wood ferns ⁴
Dryopteris

Violets ¹
Viola

Basswood ⁵
Tilia americana

cinnamon fern ⁶
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Partridgeberry ¹
Mitchella repens

Mollusks ⁷
Mollusca

Striped Maple ¹
Acer pensylvanicum

Cattails ⁸
Typha

American hophornbeam ⁹
Ostrya virginiana

Eastern Hemlock ¹
Tsuga canadensis

Horsetails ¹
Equisetopsida

Fringed Polygala
Polygala paucifolia

american frogbit
Limnobium spongia

Artist's Bracket ¹
Ganoderma applanatum

American Toad ¹
Anaxyrus americanus

Veiled Polypore ¹⁰
Cryptoporus volvatus

Marsh-marigold ¹
Caltha palustris

Sugar Maple ¹
Acer saccharum

Balsam Fir ¹
Abies balsamea

Millipedes ¹
Diplopoda

sensitive fern ¹
Onoclea sensibilis

Eastern Newt ¹¹
Notophthalmus viridescens

Black Willow ¹²
Salix nigra

American Crow ¹³
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Purple Martin ¹⁴
Progne subis

Snapping Turtle ¹⁵
Chelydra serpentina

Eastern White Pine ¹⁶
Pinus strobus

Common Garter Snake ¹⁷
Thamnophis sirtalis

Red Maple ¹⁸
Acer rubrum

Spotted Salamander ¹⁹
Ambystoma maculatum

Pitch Pine ²⁰
Pinus rigida

Wood Frog ²¹
Lithobates sylvaticus

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Forested Wetlands at the Watershed Center

bur-reeds 1 Sparganium

Large White Trillium 2 Trillium grandiflorum

sphagnum moss 3 Sphagnum

wood ferns 4 Dryopteris

Violets 1 Viola

Basswood 5 Tilia americana

cinnamon fern 6 Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Partridgeberry 1 Mitchella repens

Mollusks 7 Mollusca

Striped Maple 1 Acer pensylvanicum

Cattails 8 Typha

American hophornbeam 9 Ostrya virginiana

Eastern Hemlock 1 Tsuga canadensis

Horsetails 1 Equisetopsida

Fringed Polygala Polygala paucifolia

american frogbit Limnobium spongia

Artist's Bracket 1 Ganoderma applanatum

American Toad 1 Anaxyrus americanus

Veiled Polypore 10 Cryptoporus volvatus

Marsh-marigold 1 Caltha palustris

Sugar Maple 1 Acer saccharum

Balsam Fir 1 Abies balsamea

Millipedes 1 Diplopoda

sensitive fern 1 Onoclea sensibilis

Eastern Newt 11 Notophthalmus viridescens

Black Willow 12 Salix nigra

American Crow 13 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Purple Martin 14 Progne subis

Snapping Turtle 15 Chelydra serpentina

Eastern White Pine 16 Pinus strobus

Common Garter Snake 17 Thamnophis sirtalis

Red Maple 18 Acer rubrum

Spotted Salamander 19 Ambystoma maculatum

Pitch Pine 20 Pinus rigida

Wood Frog 21 Lithobates sylvaticus