Portal:Wetlands

Image 1Dernford Fen, Cambridgeshire (from Fen)

Image 2Difference between swamp and marsh (from Swamp)

Image 3A raised bog in Ķemeri National Park, Jūrmala, Latvia, formed approximately 10,000 years ago in the postglacial period and now a tourist attraction (from Bog)

Image 4Marshlands are often noted within wetlands, as seen here in the New Jersey Meadowlands at Lyndhurst, New Jersey, U.S. (from Wetland)

Image 5A small swamp in Padstow, New South Wales, Australia (from Swamp)

Image 6Viru Bog in Lahemaa National Park, Estonia, which is rich in raised bogs (from Bog)

Image 7Precipitation accumulates in many bogs, forming bog pools, such as Koitjärve bog in Estonia. (from Bog)

Image 8Sphagnum moss and sedges can produce floating bog mats along the shores of small lakes. This bog in Duck Lake, Oregon also supports a carnivorous plant, sundew. (from Bog)

Image 9The Sitniki peat bog in Russia recultivated after industrial use (from Bog)

Image 10A wet meadow adjacent to Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino Mountains, California (from Marsh)

Image 11Inside a mangrove canopy, Salt Pan Creek, New South Wales (from Swamp)

Image 12Aerial image of Carbajal Valley peat bogs, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina (from Bog)

Image 13Marsh in shallow water on a lakeshore (from Marsh)

Image 14Bud of water lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), an aquatic plant. (from Wetland)

Image 15Wetlands contrast the hot, arid landscape around Middle Spring, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah (from Wetland)

Image 16White water lilies are a typical marsh plant in European areas of deeper water. (from Marsh)

Image 17A black alder swamp in Germany (from Swamp)

Image 18A bog in Ostfriesland (from Bog)

Image 19Many species of frogs live in wetlands, while others visit them each year to lay eggs. (from Wetland)

Image 20A marsh in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Marsh)

Image 21Wetland at the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Massachusetts, United States, in February (from Wetland)

Image 22Vernal pools are ponded only during the wetter part of the year. (from Marsh)

Image 23An expanse of wet Sphagnum bog in Frontenac National Park, Quebec, Canada. Spruce trees can be seen on a forested ridge in the background. (from Bog)

Image 24Swamp in southern Louisiana (from Swamp)

Image 25A freshwater swamp in Florida, United States (from Swamp)

Image 26Many kinds of birds nest in marshes; this one is a yellow-headed blackbird. (from Marsh)

Image 27Many species of evergreen shrub are found in bogs, such as Labrador tea. (from Bog)

Image 28Sunrise at Viru Bog, Estonia (from Wetland)

Image 29Small extreme rich fen in southwestern Minnesota. The white flowers, Parnassia glauca, are a fen indicator species in Minnesota. (from Fen)

Image 30Marshlands are often noted within wetlands, as seen here in the New Jersey Meadowlands at Lyndhurst, New Jersey, U.S. (from Marsh)

Image 31Avaste Fen, Estonia. Sedges dominate the landscape, woody shrubs and trees are sparse. (from Fen)

Image 32Spaulding Fen, Wisconsin. (from Fen)

Image 33Humid wetland in Pennsylvania before a rain. (from Wetland)

Image 34Carnivorous plants, such as this Sarracenia purpurea pitcher plant of the eastern seaboard of North America, are often found in bogs. Capturing insects provides nitrogen and phosphorus, which are usually scarce in such conditions. (from Bog)

Image 35Aerial view of prairie potholes (from Marsh)

Image 36A salt marsh in Scotland (from Marsh)

Image 37Wicken Fen, England. Grasses in the foreground are typical of a fen. (from Fen)

Image 38Tourbière du Lac-à-la-Tortue (fr), ombrotrophic, Quebec, Canada (from Bog)

Image 39Sphagnum with northern pitcher plants at Brown's Lake Bog, Ohio (from Bog)

Image 40Sugar Fen, Norfolk (from Fen)

Image 41Marsh Arabs poling a mashoof (from Swamp)

Image 42Bog with October morning mist in Mukri, Estonia (from Bog)

Image 43Snapping turtles are one of the many kinds of turtles found in wetlands. (from Wetland)

Image 44Pantanal in Brazil (from Swamp)

Image 45Kakerdaja Fen, Estonia (from Fen)

Image 46Blanket bog in Connemara, Ireland (from Bog)

Image 47A bog in Lauhanvuori National Park, Isojoki, Finland (from Bog)

Image 48The Linnaistensuo Mire, a nature reserve swamp in Lahti, Finland. (from Swamp)

Image 49Bog-wood and boulders at the Stumpy Knowe near South Auchenmade, Ayrshire, Scotland (from Bog)

Image 50Fog rising over the Mukri bog near Mukri, Estonia. The bog has an area of 2,147 hectares (5,310 acres) and has been protected since 1992. (from Wetland)