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