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
