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

Striped Maple ¹
Acer pensylvanicum

Cattails ⁷
Typha

American hophornbeam ⁸
Ostrya virginiana

Eastern Hemlock ¹
Tsuga canadensis

Horsetails ¹
Equisetopsida

Fringed Polygala
Polygala paucifolia

american frogbit
Limnobium spongia

Marsh-marigold ¹
Caltha palustris

Sugar Maple ¹
Acer saccharum

Balsam Fir ¹
Abies balsamea

sensitive fern ¹
Onoclea sensibilis

Black Willow ⁹
Salix nigra

Eastern White Pine ¹⁰
Pinus strobus

Red Maple ¹¹
Acer rubrum

Pitch Pine ¹²
Pinus rigida

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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

Striped Maple 1 Acer pensylvanicum

Cattails 7 Typha

American hophornbeam 8 Ostrya virginiana

Eastern Hemlock 1 Tsuga canadensis

Horsetails 1 Equisetopsida

Fringed Polygala Polygala paucifolia

american frogbit Limnobium spongia

Marsh-marigold 1 Caltha palustris

Sugar Maple 1 Acer saccharum

Balsam Fir 1 Abies balsamea

sensitive fern 1 Onoclea sensibilis

Black Willow 9 Salix nigra

Eastern White Pine 10 Pinus strobus

Red Maple 11 Acer rubrum

Pitch Pine 12 Pinus rigida