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David Bender
@Bender@ecoevo.social

HAPPY #SWAMPTEMBER!

#Wetlands are the most unappreciated & reviled of ecosystems. But wetlands are amazing sponges which soak up #stormwater to prevent flooding, are home to rare #plants, & are the largest #carbon sinks of any ecosystem, acre for acre.

Celebrate the #beauty of swamps, their #ecological value, & their #economic benefits all month long - & get ready to celebrate #Bogtober, #Fenuary, & #MarshMadness.

Photos of Bloedel Reserve, WA.

#Swamp #Bog #Fen #Marsh #Nature
#Restoration

The Moss Garden at Bloedel Reserve, designed by Richard Haag. A thin, gentle stream winds through a sparse woodland of Birch and Hemlock underlain by a thick carpet of emerald green moss, punctuated occasionally by ferns, small shrubs, and trailing ground covers. The Moss Garden at Bloedel Reserve, designed by Richard Haag. An angular, stepped boardwalk levitates above a mossy, wet shrubland and disappears into an evergreen woodland in the distance. The Bird Marsh at Bloedel Reserve, designed by Richard Haag. While called a marsh, sections of this wetland are more swamp-like with trees growing out of open water. The islands in these small ponds were created to provide nesting habitat for native waterfowl species. The Moss Garden at Bloedel Reserve, designed by Richard Haag. A cross-frame wooden pedestrian bridge connects two steep streambanks over a winding stream covered in duckweed. Large, leafy wetland plants emerge from the banks under a dappled canopy of trees.