wetland plants list

National Wetland Plant List

scientific name	common name(s)	image gallery
Abies procera	Noble Fir	1 images
Acorus americanus	Sweetflag	2 images
Acer circinatum	Oregon Vine Maple Vine Maple
Aconitum columbianum	Columbian Monkshood	43 images

What type of plants grow in the wetlands?

Plants in a Wetland

These include cattails, water lilies, bulltongue, sedges, tamarisk, and many kinds of rush. Wetland plants are adapted to the saturated conditions that persist for a majority of the year. The different vegetation types in a wetland can be divided up into emergents, floating, and submerged plants.

What kinds of plants and animals live in the wetlands?

Alligators, snakes, turtles, newts and salamanders are among the reptiles and amphibians that live in wetlands. Invertebrates, such as crayfish, shrimp, mosquitoes, snails and dragonflies, also live in wetlands, along with birds including plover, grouse, storks, herons and other waterfowl.

What plants live in freshwater wetlands?

Freshwater marshes are usually dominated by herbaceous (nonwoody) emergent plants such as cattails, papyrus, reeds, rushes, sedges, and grasses.

What plants grow in a marsh?

Marsh and Wetland Plants

Pickleweed. Common Name: Pickleweed. ...
Saltgrass. Common Name: Saltgrass. ...
Alkali Weed. Common Name: Alakali Weed. ...
Salty Susan. Common Name: Salty Susan. ...
Cat-tail. Common Name: Cat-tail. ...
California Bulrush. Common Name: California Bulrush. ...
Spiny Rush. Common Name: Spiny Rush. ...
Fat Hen. Common Name: Fat Hen.

Can I plant trees in wetlands?

Wetland trees and shrubs are typically planted when wooded swamps and shrub wetlands are a goal for a wetland project, or if woody plants will help meet specific functional goals. Planting trees and shrubs in wetlands is still a relatively new science and more information is needed to improve survival and growth rates.

How do plants survive in wetlands?

Wetland plants are plants that have developed special adaptations that allow them to live in the water. Some adaptations that help the plants deal with low oxygen and changing water levels are elongated stems, shallow roots, aerenchyma and adventitious roots.

How do we use wetlands?

Wetlands function as natural sponges that trap and slowly release surface water, rain, snowmelt, groundwater and flood waters. ... The holding capacity of wetlands helps control floods and prevents water logging of crops.

Do fish live in wetlands?

Menhaden, flounder, sea trout, spot, croaker and striped bass are among the more familiar fish that depend on coastal wetlands. ... For many animals and plants, like wood ducks, muskrat, cattails and swamp rose, inland wetlands are the only places they can live. Beaver may actually create their own wetlands.

What are the biggest threats to wetlands?

Wetland vegetation can be damaged by the grazing of domestic animals, nonnative species that compete with natives, and the removal of natural vegetation. The introduction of invasive species, either intentionally or unintentionally, can put pressure on native plants and eventually push them out of their native habitat.

What are the two main types of freshwater wetlands?

There are 4 main types of Freshwater Wetlands in North America; Ponds, Marshes, Swamps, and Peat bogs. A Marsh is usually found near a river, lake or tidal waters. Marshes are subject to periodic flooding, and the water level can change drastically in a short amount of time.

How do wetlands form?

Short answer: Wetlands form where water and land meet. These may be glacial potholes, or old lake beds where water is semi-permanent, being wet in the rainy season and dry the rest of the year. They may be at the fringe of permanent bodies of water. ... A flood can scour out soil and turn a marsh into open water.

Are all wetlands freshwater?

Wetlands occur naturally on every continent. The water in wetlands is either freshwater, brackish, or saltwater. The main wetland types are swamp, marsh, bog, and fen; sub-types include mangrove forest, carr, pocosin, floodplains, mire, vernal pool, sink, and many others. Many peatlands are wetlands.

What animal eats cattail plants?

Also commonly seen at Bancroft Pond are mallard ducks and Canada geese who eat the cattail roots. Painted turtles, often seen sunning themselves on logs in Bancroft Pond during the summer, eat the cattails' seeds and stems.

Does bamboo grow in wetlands?

Contrary to what you might think, bamboo does not grow in swamps or wet, saturated soil. Bamboo needs soil with good drainage. So it will not grow in ponds, and you can't grow it too close to the lake shore or the river side. But there are a handful of bamboo species that can tolerate more water than others.

What plants grow in freshwater marshes?

Low-growing plants like grasses and sedges are common in freshwater marshes. Bulrushes and cattails are often found at the edges of a marsh. There are very few trees in freshwater marshes.

Which tree absorbs more water?

Generally speaking, a eucalyptus tree uses anything from 100 to 1000 litres of water per day. A single willow tree absorbs tons of water throughout its life. A single pine tree uses from 50 to 600 litres of water per day.

Is it bad to have wetlands on your property?

From an investor's standpoint, wetlands can hold perceived value and will appeal to a certain group of people. But because you cannot build on top of wetlands, the property may be difficult to resell if there is no room to build. In other words, if the property is all wetland, it will likely hold little value.

Can you turn wetland into pond?

Attempts to create a pond in one of the drier wetlands can disrupt those functions, or have undesired impacts downstream. The permitting process allows for a review of the project and existing conditions. If the project is determined to be an improvement on the landscape, the permit can be granted.

How are humans affecting wetlands?

Other human acitivities which can have lasting effects on wetland ecosystems include stream channelization, dam construction, discharge of industrial wastes and municipal sewage (point source pollution) and runoff urban and agricultural areas (non-point source pollution).

Why can't plants live in anoxic soil?

No plants cant survive on anoxic soil. this is because just like other organisms plants need oxygen for aerobic respiration and without that plants cant produce the energy necessary for their survival since oxygen is the final electron recipient in oxidative phosphorylation.

How do plants adapt themselves in marshy areas?

Plants in marshes

Roots do not get air to breathe,hence grow out of soil & water. These roots are called breathing roots Eg: kenddia & cariops.