Swamp

A pocket swamp is formed when “water travels to the coast via inland streams, but it pools behind dunes that block it from reaching the ocean” (Pocket Swamp. Web. ). Pocket swamps are limited to southern, central, and mid coast regions. These pocket swamps are much like a vernal pool, and are an important breeding habitat for many amphibians. Some of the different species that live in these pocket swamps are “wood frogs, spotted salamanders, and blue-spotted salamanders. Rare turtles such as Blanding’s and spotted turtles may feed on amphibian egg masses present in such pools. If peaty hummocks are common, four-toed salamanders may breed in these wetlands” (2011): n. pag). The Canopy of a pocket swamp is made up of such trees as Black Gum, Yellow Birch, Red Maple, and Eastern Hemlock. Herbs are also found in these areas ranging from Bluejoint, Cinnamon fern, Goldthread, and Long Sedge (Pocket Swamp.…

somewhat valuable for mainly waterfowl hunting, hay farming, rice growing, and a little for transportation. Even though they were not idea landscapes, some of the marshes were harmful to the people fumes and insects they carried. Between 1849 and 1860, the US congress passed several “Swamp Lands” legislation, which was ordering drainage and reclamation of the areas through the country. This lead to an increasing in wetland removal. A lot of farmland was produced by filling and drainage of the…

He uses imagery and descriptions to bring out how miserable life in the swamps can be. Ward and Jack venture out into the glades to find Hillary’s uncle and Dexter’s describes the dilapidated property with specifics. “Beyond the shingles, a nylon line had been rigged, leading from the corner of the main house to the single tree still standing in the front yard. Half a dozen alligator skins hung from the line, none of them more than four or five feet long,” (Dexter 119). Dexter makes it easy to…

An area of coastal wetland that is regularly flooded and drained by seawater is known as a salt marsh. Salt marshes are extremely important to many species as it serves as their habitat, and also saves them from potential predators as only certain species are able to live in the environment of a salt marsh. The salt marsh is mostly shallow and brackish, and consists of mostly saltwater. Salt marshes often develop amid marine and terrestrial environments, which results in biologically diverse…

To find the threshold in marsh resilience to oil spills Brian R. Silliman and his team studied the erosion rates along Gulf of Mexico coastline following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the summer of 2010. Before data collection began the relationship between the marsh erosion rates and the degree of plant stem oiling was predicted to be positively correlated. The greatest salt marsh erosion sites and the threshold for marsh resilience were forecasted to occur at the highest (90-100%) stem…

A day in the swamp Waking up at 4:30 to go to the swamp Isn’t for everybody,but hearing that Browning A5 go off and watching a ringneck fall out of the sky like a star is a sight that has to be seen.Duck hunting takes a certain breed of man and dog.A handy, yet trusty gun is also a very impotant tool. My alarm clock goes off and daddy opens my door and switches the light on.I can tell that today was going to be a good day.I climb out of my camo bed put on a good pair of socks then some trusty…

The Okefenokee Swamp is located between Southeast Georgia and Northern Florida. It is known for its large diversity of animals and vivid scenery that make the swamp very unique with its primitive nature. Two passages were written in the late 20th century that described the swamp and it most notable features. Although the two passages discuss the Okefenokee Swamp, they possess different styles through Passage One’s intention to educate the reader on the swamp, and Passage Two’s intention to…

Okefenokee Swamp, “a convenient point of entry and a magnificent show-window for the “Land of the Trembling Earth”, yet it's not just what the description makes it out to be. Passage one may hint at that, but in passage two the magnificent in the description switches to hellish by the style in which the author writes. Although the passages are largely about the same thing passage one intends to draw visitors towards the swamp, while passage two warns against travel to the “hellish zoo”.…

"Crossing the Swamp', this kind of vague and complex relationship is put under scrutiny as the speaker experiences "the swamp". In order to develop a proper relationship between the speaker and the swamp, the author uses stark hyperbole, specific figurative language, and consistent tone. In the very beginning of the poem, the author establishes the speaker's perception of the Swamp through the use of hyperbole. Over-exaggeration lends deep insight into the ideas of a piece. The extremity of a…

the author give a different outlook on the Okefenokee Swamp. To elaborate, in passage one the author only uses facts and evidence about the Okefenokee Swamp in order to get infor his/her readers about the swamp avoiding and sense of a personal opinion. In contrast however, passage two the author uses his/her own personal opinion about the swamp doing so it can cause many of the readers to become persuaded by the authors opinion thus allow him/her to gain a following and approval from others. To…