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 sixty to one hundred percent view of the sky from the ground. Without wetlands, thousands of animals and plants would be extinct. So wetlands are a crucial part to the health of the earth as the wetlands are a place for flood waters to recede without killing crops that we eat. less ↑