Wetlands , also be intimate as marsh , bogs , and swamps , answer several significant purposes in Ohio ’s landscape . Besides strain impureness and amend water supply quality , wetlands also provide a domicile to rare and endangered plant . These plant , shrubs and trees provide waterfowl and other birds with critical resources for nesting , alimentation and shelter . Planting the right types of Tree in wetland areas also assist with erosion control while melt off flood flow .

Silver Maple

Silver maple is diagnose for the silvery underside of its leaves . While the tree work well as a tincture tree in gardens and landscapes , it prosper in wetland area . Also known as water maple , the tree diagram grows to 80 foot in summit and 60 feet wide . Since it grows very quick , the wood tends to be brittle , make it prone to damage during strong storm . Silver maple requires full to partial sun and grows in almost any type of soil , although it prefers squiffy areas such as flood champaign and riverbanks .

Swamp Cottonwood

As it name implies , swampland cottonwood thrives along wetland borderline . The tree grows to 90 feet in height with its trunk occasionally hit 3 metrical foot in diameter . In the spring , flowers lie in of dangling catkins come along before the leaves come out . The foliage consists of 3- to 5 - inch all-inclusive ellipse leaves . Twigs holding a issue of twenty-five percent - inch green capsules release midget , cottony seeds that drift in the lead until they find worthy wet , sandlike soil in which to germinate .

Swamp White Oak

Swamp white oak grows along streams and wetlands where flooding may occur , although the trees do not survive in lasting flood zones . The tree typically arise fast , reaching heights of 75 feet , although a few trees get to 100 metrical unit in well - drained lowland soil . Some blank oak trees survive 300 old age or more . Fruits consist of acorns reaching 1 1/4 inches long . The acorn develop for one yr , maturing in September or October of the following twelvemonth . Wildlife , like duck’s egg and non - game hoot such as woodpecker , find the sweet - taste acorns resistless . Squirrels and other little mammals also determine the acorns an crucial solid food source .

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