Shrub swamp

<h2 id="development">Development</h2>
<p>As a wet meadow matures it begins to fill in with vegetation and as this decomposes the soil thickens creating high spots (<a href="/facts/Hummock/hDe8DxbY">hummocks</a>) above the water. Shrubs and small trees begin to grow on these. Shrub swamp water comes from run-off, streams and rivers and the water moves in and out of the swamp throughout the year. Consequently, they tend to be drier than wet meadows or forested swamps and permit water intolerant plant species to grow on the hummocks. Shrub swamps typically occur on organic soils, such as <a href="/facts/Muck_(soil)/C4uDojA5">muck</a> and shallow <a href="/facts/Peat_soil/F0kJcsLt">peat soils</a>. Common plants found in the shrub swamps of <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North America</a>  include <a href="/facts/Alder/KbD9YG8w">alders</a>, <a href="/facts/Willow/F66Xvslm">willows</a>, <a href="/facts/Elderberry/ABVfL9zn">elderberry</a> and <a href="/facts/Highbush_blueberry/nLlKN1nl">highbush blueberry</a>. 
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<h2 id="types">Types</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Palustrine_wetland/JY2CKdlm">Palustrine</a> shrub swamp</li>
<li>Circumneutral shrub swamp</li></ul>
<h2 id="notable-shrub-swamps">Notable shrub swamps</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Canaan_Valley/EXvvxK2Y">Canaan Valley</a>, West Virginia</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cranberry_Glades/LQs3wAyQ">Cranberry Glades</a>, West Virginia</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Wetlands portal</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>KALLIOLA, RISTO; PUHAKKA, MAARIT; SALO, JUKKA; TUOMISTO, HANNA; RUOKOLAINEN, KALLE (1991). "The dynamics, distribution and classification of swamp vegetation in Peruvian Amazonia". Annales Botanici Fennici. 28 (3): 225–239. ISSN 0003-3847. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/23725332" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/23725332</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Johnson, Kurt; Walton, Gary; Johnson, Andrew (2010). "Wetland Mitigation in Abandoned Gravel Pits: Creating Fresh Meadow and Shrub Swamp". ISBN 978-0-9778094-4-8. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="978-0-9778094-4-8" target="_blank">978-0-9778094-4-8</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Shrub swamp