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Carboniferous
A period of Palaeozoic time, stretching approximately from 345 to 280 million years bp, and subdivided into the Mississippian and the Pennsylvanian ...
Everglades
A vast area of marshland and coastal mangrove in southern Florida, part of which is protected as a national park.
great soil groups
A soil classification that was devised in 1949, categorizing soils according to the climatic conditions in which they form. Soils were placed in three orders. Zonal soils are directly related to the ...
Histosols
An order of soils composed of organic materials. Histosols must have a thickness of more than 40 cm when overlying unconsolidated mineral soil, but may be of any thickness when overlying rock.
marsh
A more or less permanently wet area of mineral soil (as opposed to a peaty area), typically found around the edges of a lake or on an undrained river flood-plain. Colloquially, ‘marsh’ is often used ...
methanogen
Prokaryotes that belong to the phylum Euryarcheota of the Archaea (See Classification). They live in oxygen-free environments and generate methane by the reduction of carbon dioxide. See ...
palustrine wetland
Any non‐tidal wetland that is dominated by trees, shrubs, persistent emergent plants, emergent mosses or lichens, and small, shallow open water ponds. Examples include swamps, marshes, bogs, and fens.
slough
A stagnant swamp type of vegetation that is dominated by grasses, sedges, and rushes and is commonly found on the muddy backwater of a river, marsh, or tidal flat.
swamp Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
Low‐lying wetland area, near large body of open water. They are characterized by numerous animals and plants, including rushes and
Swamps Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
The interest of scholars in swamps and their use by the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica is linked to the importance
wetland
Land that is covered with water for at least part of each year, and is thus transitional between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It supports aquatic vegetation that is specifically adapted for ...
