Freshwater Marsh

Occurs on nearly level land with poorly drained soils. Contains open expanses of grasses, sedges, rushes, and other herbaceous plants. The soil is usually saturated or covered with water for two or more months during the year. Typical plants include beak rush, maidencane, bulrushes, sedges, spikerush, arrowhead, pickerelweed, St. Johns wort, cattails, blue flag, and fire flag.

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