Freshwater BiomesFreshwater Biomes

By: Alexandra VeneracionBy: Alexandra Veneracion

and Pearly Ann Quiatchonand Pearly Ann Quiatchon

MarshesMarshes

Animals• American bittern• Common yellowthroat• Gadwall• Limpkin• Red-winged blackbird

• Sora • Ruddy duck• Swamp sparrow• Yellow rail

Marshes-characteristicsMarshes-characteristics

• develop along the margins of lakes

• occupy the edges of saline lakes

• affect supply of nutrients

• affect movement of water

• provide nesting and wintering habitats

• destroyed by drainage and filling

Rivers and pondsRivers and ponds

Animals• raccoon• crayfish• swallows• turtle• watersnake• mallard• clam

• sunfish• bulfrog• salamander• snails• shrimp• cricket frog

Rivers and ponds - plantsRivers and ponds - plants

• willows

• water lilies

• cattails

• water willow

characteristicscharacteristics

Lakes• largest standing-water

wetland• may be salt water• more than 50 feet

Rivers• where the water runs

from one place to another

• most are freshwater

Ponds - characteristicsPonds - characteristics

• smaller than lakes

• much shallower than lakes

• rarely 50 feet deep

• sunlight reaches right down to the bottom

Bog - characteristicsBog - characteristics

• very acidic soil

• soil is made up of wet peat

• stores carbon

• emits larger parts of oxygen

• “Lungs of Earth”

Bog – plants and animalsBog – plants and animals

Plants • bog mosses• leather leaf• laren• labrador tea• orchid• pitcher plant

Animals• amphibians• bog lemming