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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Mollusks ¹
Mollusca

American Toad ²
Anaxyrus americanus

Millipedes ²
Diplopoda

Eastern Newt ³
Notophthalmus viridescens

American Crow ⁴
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Purple Martin ⁵
Progne subis

Snapping Turtle ⁶
Chelydra serpentina

Common Garter Snake ⁷
Thamnophis sirtalis

Spotted Salamander ⁸
Ambystoma maculatum

Wood Frog ⁹
Lithobates sylvaticus

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Forested Wetlands at the Watershed Center

Mollusks 1 Mollusca

American Toad 2 Anaxyrus americanus

Millipedes 2 Diplopoda

Eastern Newt 3 Notophthalmus viridescens

American Crow 4 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Purple Martin 5 Progne subis

Snapping Turtle 6 Chelydra serpentina

Common Garter Snake 7 Thamnophis sirtalis

Spotted Salamander 8 Ambystoma maculatum

Wood Frog 9 Lithobates sylvaticus