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By that definition could you have a swamp bog, a swamp fen, a marsh bog, and a marsh fen?
Wildlife biologist here, Absolutely.
Oddly enough I usually see/write it fen/bog marsh. There are tons of other qualifiers too, like salt marsh, tidal marsh and such.
The same applies for all 4 examples if it’s needed. Salt swamps and fresh water swamps and such.
I’ll have a tidal salt fen marsh, with extra tide.
Oddly enough I usually see/write it fen/bog marsh.
I was going to ask about the order of adjectives, actually, since I find esoteric grammar rules oddly interesting and have been on a bit of a “adjectives hierarchy” kick lately.
I’m also curious. Can’t find a way to subscribe to a thread, so I’m leaving a comment to check back later
How am I supposed to estimate the pH value of a given wetland area without specialised equipment?
- Take a sip. Did you trip balls? Acid.
- Take a red wire, black wire, and a clock. Can you power the clock? Alkaline.
Duh.
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Determine whether it’s a swamp or a marsh.
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Tell someone else you did your part, now it’s their turn.
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What, you don’t carry pH test strips around as a matter of routine? /s
Lick it. Just a little bit. Just a little snaky lick…
Learn botany. You can tell the approximate pH from the species of plants growing there.
Neat! Didn’t know that.
Maybe you can find some red cabbage growing nearby?
Help, I’m stuck in a wetland, but I didn’t bring my litmus test!
Sorry, I’m looking for you in the bog but you’re not there
As non-native english speaking person that’s highly fascinating.
I think this is more to do with scientists’ definitions than English in general. See also: what is and isn’t a nut, what is and isn’t a vegetable, is there such thing as a fish.
I forgot already before I started writing this comment
So what do you call a wetland that has a neutral pH and mixed vegitation?
Just from what I found, swamps are wetlands with woody vegetation being what DOMINATLY inhibits it. So if it’s mixed, find out what there is more of. If it’s 50/50, I guess the universe collapses.
And a wetland with a neutral ph is just called a neutral wetland.
I’ve never heard of a Fen before
That’s cuz ya basic like one :)
Fen the wetland type or fen the plural of (sci fi/fantasy) fan? Or had you heard of neither?
Sounds like it could be the name of a Hobbit. But no, never heard the word used before. I’m from Georgia and live in Virginia. Never been to a mountain wetland or to middle earth
I think I have only heard the term in:
- The plural of fan: sci fi stories set in the distant future of 1990, also in early internet fandom
- The wetland: stories from the UK, embedded in British place names, having a British parent
I wonder what sort of wetland my local one is, and the nearby swampy grasslands. Both are watered by rain or snowmelt. Both are marked as wetlands on maps
It feels so liberating to hear it just said out loud
How does this make you feel:
https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserves/fen-bog-nature-reserve
Pretty hecking neutral
I never knew the fen/bog part! The only reason I knew swamps from marshes is from labeling them in OpenStreetMap
I fucking hate Tumblr users
And me still not giving a Fuck…
Thanks crossword puzzles!
These come up pretty often for some reason.
Especially Fen!
Epee, Oreo, era, isle, ore… Lol
Eel, ole, issa, rae, ssn… Lol
So is the pond in my yard that I created 25 years ago, but then neglected for most of the last 10 years a swamp or a marsh?
There’s not a lot of woody crap growing in it, but there is a tree that sprouted at one end that I’ve been trying to kill.
Huh, TIL
