As we continue to celebrate American Wetlands Month, we encourage you to look at the plants in your area. One way to tell ...

A particular wetland's function may change seasonally. During the growing season, in the summer and early fall, emergent and submerged aquatic plants (Table 1) take up large quantities of nutrients ...

The Portage Marsh Wildlife Management Area has more than 100 wildlife species, an undeveloped beach and a one-mile walking trail.

Different categories of wetland plants i.e. emergent, surface floating, free floating rooted leaves, sub-merged macrophytes and trees have different ways of taking up the contaminants. For example ...

Emergent wetlands are shallow-water sites usually found along the banks of rivers, ponds or bogs, where plants like cattails, sedges and rushes grow. Many wetland birds rely on emergent wetlands ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As part of an effort to rejuvenate water bodies and protect wetlands, a group of students along with a start-up firm — NestAbide — has implemented a first-of-its-kind ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A three-year study in northeastern Illinois and northwestern Indiana found that – even at small scales – emergent wetlands or ponds support many wetland bird species.