Wetlands By: Jenae Watson Tommy Toole.

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Wetlands By: Jenae Watson Tommy Toole

Types of Wetlands Marshes Swamps Bogs Fen

Swamps

Climate The climate of a swamp is usually damp and muggy. The temperatures range from 55 degrees Celsius to 85 degrees Celsius. A swamps water has a pH of approximately 7.2.

Human Devastation Humans harvest valuable lumber from swamps. Nutrient-rich soils present in swamps cause then to be drained and cleared for agriculture and other development. Over 70% of the nations floodplain forest swamps have been lost.

Swamp Vegetation Cypress Trees Tupelo Skunk Cabbage Cypress ( Taxodium spp.) Tupelo (Nyssa Aquatica) Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

Swamps Animals Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotary citrea) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)

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