The Marsh Ecosystem at the Watershed Center
Marshes are shallow wetlands that usually flood in the spring. Some soil in marshes is high in organic content, other soil is mucky. Dominant plants may include, bluepoint grass, reed canary grass, rice cut grass bur-reeds, sweet flag, tussocks sedge, cattails, pickerel weed, wool grass, and ...more ↓
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis, the sensitive fern, also known as the bead fern, is a coarse-textured, medium to large-sized deciduous perennial fern. The name comes from the observation by early American settlers that it was very sensitive to frost, the fronds dying quickly when first touched by it. It is sometimes treated as the only species in Onoclea, but some ...more ↓
Christmas Fern
The Christmas fern lives in woody areas. They divide their roots into several different parts in the spring. The Christmas fern stays green all winter long. They prefer side banks and ravines to live. They will live direct as long as the soil is moist.
Niche
They are eaten by small animals like fox,deer, and other animals. The Christmas fern is a producer. It is fern that lives ...more ↓
