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Beth Morford
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On Jones/Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area, freshwater
marshes consist of depression marshes and basin marshes. Depression
marshes are shallow usually rounded depressions. Typical plants
include St. Johns wort, spikerush, yellow-eyed grass, chain fern,
willows, maidencane, wax myrtle, swamp primrose, blood root, button
bush, fire flag, pickerelweed, and arrowhead. Depression marshes
are important breeding grounds for frogs, toads, and salamanders.
Basin marshes have the same vegetation as depression marshes but
their extent is larger.
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