wetlands

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Across
  1. 6. birds that stop in North Carolina wetlands while traveling north and south to avoid extreme weather are considered to be _________
  2. 8. mountain wetland with a lot of moss
  3. 9. coastal wetlands with high salinity
  4. 10. soft skinned vertebrates that lay eggs in wetlands
  5. 12. the name for temporary or seasonal pools of water
  6. 13. one of the primary sources of water for wetlands
  7. 14. if a soil is always filled with water and is grey (or dark black) in color it is most likely _____
  8. 15. a saltmarsh has mostly these types of plants
  9. 19. along with water and soils these show that a wetland is present
  10. 20. the study of how water moves around
Down
  1. 1. word for when all the spaces between soil particles are filled
  2. 2. the wetland indicator status of plants that can be found equally in wetlands or uplands
  3. 3. bell-shaped adaptation at the bottom of wetland tree trunks
  4. 4. peats and mucks are this kind of wetland soil
  5. 5. when there is hydric (wetland) soil, there in not much of this element in the soil
  6. 7. changes plants make to survive in wetland conditions erosion, when wind, heat, snow, and ice break rock into smaller pieces
  7. 8. a marsh where freshwater and saltwater mix
  8. 11. plants that grow only in or on water
  9. 16. one of the wetland requirements (a fancy word for dirt)
  10. 17. in a wetland, the scent (caused by hydrogen sulfide gas) may smell like rotten _____
  11. 18. when there is no available oxygen