Swamps and Marshes

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Swamps and Marshes

• By Alexa Smith
• Lindsay Fowler

• http//www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Ecosystems/Swam
  ps/swamps.html

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Swamps are

• forested, wooded or shrubby wetlands
• Poorly developed, which results in strong
  seasonal water level and that makes high plant
  production.

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Location

• Swamps are located in different places, but there
  are many located in Louisiana.

http//www.okeswamp.com/ts_Animals/Other_Swamp_Pla
nts/other_swamp_plants.html
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Animals

• There is a variety of animals found in swamps
  such as
• Snakes
• Alligators
• Other reptiles
• Insects
• Birds of all types
• Turtles
• Ducks
• Geese
• Otter

http//www.okeswamp.com/ts_Animals
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Plants

• Water Lily
• Grasspink
• Poison Ivy
• Red Maple Tree
• Spanish Moss
• Yellow Fringed Orchid
• Swamp Iris

http//www.okeswamp.com/ts_Animals/Other_Swamp_Pla
nts/other_swamp_plants.html
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Climate

• There are various temperatures in swamps.
• High temperatures may limit species ability to
  grow and survive.
• Swamps can be a natural flood controlling device.

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• The End