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Exploring Wetlands and Wetland PlantsTypes of Wetlands There are several types of wetlands all around our Earth. A bog and a moor have similarities but they differ in soil type, while there are two types of marches, the fresh water and the salt water marshes. A swamp has a wider water area compared to most wetlands with deep areas and plenty of trees and other wetland plants. A bayou can also be called a wetland because of its proximity to it although some people are more comfortable calling it a creek. Three Kinds of Wetland Plants There are wetlands in a lot of places all over the world and there may be different kinds of plants but there are basically three types of wetland plants found in almost all wetlands. These three are the floating plants, the emergent plants and the submergent plants. Among the floating wetland plants are pondweeds, yellow lotus, duckweed and also spatter dock. There are around eighty kinds of pondweeds in the world and they usually grow in lake borders and in flowing rivers. The yellow lotus is so named because of its beautiful flowers and they usually grow in still waters. Duckweed is the smallest flowering plant in the world and their leaves measure less than a centimeter but they also cover vast areas of still water. Duckweeds are large floating leaves anchored by roots. They are also flowering wetland plants which produce yellow flowers. Common emergent wetland plants are cattails, arrowheads, willows and wild rice. Cattails come in different varieties. They are characterized by their long stalk with a long oval spine. Arrowheads are so called because of their leaves which are the shapes or arrowheads. These wetland plants have long stalks from which white flowers bloom. Willows are large trees that come in several varieties and they grow in moist places usually along banks of streams or creeks. Wild rice is a variety of rice which grows in watery areas. Submergent plants are those that has successfully adapted to water that they are totally immersed in it. The water milfoil and coontail are a few submergent plants. Water milfoil is a feathery aquatic plant that could stall a motorboat engine due to its sheer mass. They are very small but grow rapidly and cover a great area. Coontails are totally submerged plants that are not anchored to the bottom. They float freely around din sluggish water. These are just common examples of wetland plants which you may encounter. |
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