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McCrary's Bog, UNCW
This photo was taken 3/20/18 on the UNCW campus, in front of Friday Hall. Surprisingly, this small bog is an example of a wetland. Wetlands and wetland plants are adapted to periodically have anoxic soils. The plants can live in flooded conditions and are versatile in the fact that they are adapted to unstable soil conditions. Wetlands vary temporally and daily in water depth. Sometimes, they even have no water level.
McCrary's Bog in particular is part of what once was a Carolina Bay. Due to systematic allogenic change, much of this previously known Carolina Bay was filled in by sediments. Some of the filling could be due to land disruption for construction of the campus. There are several types of wetlands besides Carolina Bays, including Salt Marshes, Swamps, and Mangroves. It varies geographically what type of wetland can grow, because of temperature. Mangroves cannot survive frost, so they are only found in tropical locations. Salt marshes and Carolina Bays can survive the frost, so they will be found farther north than Mangroves. Wetlands are a highly productive ecosystem, and are quite imperative for wildlife.
References: people.uncw.edu/borretts/courses/biol366/lectures/10_BIOL...
McCrary's Bog, UNCW
This photo was taken 3/20/18 on the UNCW campus, in front of Friday Hall. Surprisingly, this small bog is an example of a wetland. Wetlands and wetland plants are adapted to periodically have anoxic soils. The plants can live in flooded conditions and are versatile in the fact that they are adapted to unstable soil conditions. Wetlands vary temporally and daily in water depth. Sometimes, they even have no water level.
McCrary's Bog in particular is part of what once was a Carolina Bay. Due to systematic allogenic change, much of this previously known Carolina Bay was filled in by sediments. Some of the filling could be due to land disruption for construction of the campus. There are several types of wetlands besides Carolina Bays, including Salt Marshes, Swamps, and Mangroves. It varies geographically what type of wetland can grow, because of temperature. Mangroves cannot survive frost, so they are only found in tropical locations. Salt marshes and Carolina Bays can survive the frost, so they will be found farther north than Mangroves. Wetlands are a highly productive ecosystem, and are quite imperative for wildlife.
References: people.uncw.edu/borretts/courses/biol366/lectures/10_BIOL...