— The primeval forest is starkly beautiful in winter, with its centuries-old trees towering bare and skeletal hundreds of feet above the boggy floor of the Bear Swamp, one of New Jersey’s last ...
Swamp, type of wetland ecosystem characterized by mineral soils with poor drainage and by plant life dominated by trees. The latter characteristic distinguishes a swamp from a marsh. Swamps are found throughout the world and are often in low areas associated with rivers.
At the Okefenokee Swamp in the U.S. states of Georgia and Florida, the land is so soggy that the trees do not have a stable hold in the ground and shake, or tremble, when people trod heavily nearby.
A swamp is a wetland characterized by its dominance of woody vegetation, such as trees and shrubs, growing in standing or slow-moving water. This woody vegetation distinguishes swamps from other wetlands like marshes, which are primarily dominated by herbaceous, soft-stemmed vegetation like grasses and reeds.
Swamps are forested wetlands. Like marshes, they are often found near rivers or lakes and have mineral soil that drains very slowly. Unlike marshes, they have trees and bushes. They may have water in them for the whole year or for only part of the year. Swamps vary in size and type.
New Hampshire Public Radio: In 'Fen, Bog & Swamp,' Annie Proulx pens a history of wetland destruction
In 'Fen, Bog & Swamp,' Annie Proulx pens a history of wetland destruction
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