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 ↓
Spiders
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every habitat with the exception ...more ↓
Damselflies
Damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are insects in the order Odonata. Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but the adults can be distinguished by the fact that the wings of most damselflies are held along, and parallel to, the body when at rest. Furthermore, the hindwing of the damselfly is essentially similar to the forewing, while the hindwing of the dragonfly broadens near ...more ↓
Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Locusts
Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets, cave crickets, Jerusalem crickets, katydids, weta, lubber, Acrida, and locusts. Many insects in this order produce sound (known as a "stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps. The ...more ↓
