Aquatics

The boundaries of this wetland are not well defined, and in draught, it can completely dry up. 

• Riparian Marsh
• Bog
• Marsh
• Swamp

This fresh water wetland contains  a variety of perennials (mostly grasses), forbs (flowers), and bushes, rather than trees

• Swamp
• Bog
• Marsh
• Riparian Marsh

This fresh water wetland contains  a variety of perennials (mostly grasses), forbs (flowers), and bushes, rather than trees

• Swamp
• Bog
• Marsh
• Riparian Marsh

This wetland occurs alongside rivers.

• Bog
• Marsh
• Riparian Marsh
• Swamp

Covered with still or gently moving water, this wetland type has shrubs or small trees including red maple or black spruce. 

• Prairie Pothole
• Swamp
• Bog
• Marsh

This wetland is usually found near a river, lake or tidal waters.

• Marsh
• Bog
• Riparian Marsh
• Swamp

This wetland is a peat-accumulating wetland. Some shrubs and evergreens grow, as do mosses. Most water comes from precipitation. There is usually no direct inflow or outflow of water.

• Bog
• Marsh
• Swamp
• Riparian Marsh

These wetlands are subject to periodic flooding, and the water level can change drastically in a short amount of time. 

• Bog
• Swamp
• Riparian Marsh
• Marsh

_______ are overgrown with coarse grasses, sedges and rushes. 

• Marshes
• Bogs
• Riparian Marshes
• Swamps

A _____ is essentially a wooded marsh. 

• Bog
• Marsh
• Riparian Marsh
• Swamp