Type 3 - Shallow Marsh

Type 3 - Shallow Marsh

  • Soil: Usually waterlogged early during growing season
  • Hydrology: Often covered with 6 inches or more of water
  • Vegetation: Grasses; bulrush; spikerush; and various other marsh plants, such as cattail, arrowhead, pickerelweed, and smartweed
  • Common sites: May nearly fill shallow lake basins or sloughs; may border deep marshes on landward side, commonly as seep areas near irrigated lands
  • NWI Symbols: PEMC and F, PSSH, PUBA and C

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