Swamps are wetlands containing woody plants like trees and shrubs. Forest and shrub swamps are important habitats, especially ...

The marsh mallow plant, or Althaea officinalis, is a hardy perennial, the roots of which were famously used for flavoring ...

Now artificial marshes are being planted to further cleanse the effluent from sewage treatment plants or to make the water draining from abandoned mines less lethally acidic. Specially selected ...

1. The salt marshes of northern Kansas are characterized by large areas absolutely destitute of vegetation; by the paucity of species around their margins; and by the entire absence of all woody ...

chokes wetland habitats by crowding out cattails and other marsh plants that serve as food, shelter and nesting material for wildlife. Why do indigenous plants lose ground to exotic species?

Nutria eating the roots of marsh plants. Feral pigs are domestic pigs that live in the wild and have gone feral. "Feral pigs" can also refer to wild boars, which can interbreed with feral pigs.