Wetlands are a very important to many species and are breeding grounds for many birds and other animals living in these important ecosystems or biomes. |
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Animal life:
There are many animals that count on wetlands, the kind of animals that adapt to the conditions in wetlands are these:
-fish/shell fish -turtles There are also insects these include:
-snakes - salamanders -drgonfly -dobsonfly -backswimmer
-racoons -snails -damselfly -caddisfly -flatworms
-frogs -ducks -mayfly -cranefly -waterfleas
-alligators -geese -stonefly -beetles -mites
etc...
Below is a picture of a wetland  |
Plant life: In edition to the animal life there are many plants types that help the animal species thrive, the plants that have the the adaptations to the conditions of the wetlands are called hydrophytes. Here are some examples.
-grasses - cattails -reeds -sedges These are just some of the 5000 -mosses -tamarack species of plants that live in and -evergreen trees -black spruce around wetlands! -pondlilies -alge  |
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