Editing Swamp (section)

==Differences between marshes and swamps==
[[File:USGS image cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Difference between swamp and marsh]]

Swamps and [[marsh]]es are specific types of wetlands that form along waterbodies containing rich, [[Hydric soil|hydric]] soils.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/nwep7i.htm|title=Swamps|website=Nature Works- New Hampshire PBS|access-date=2019-11-26|archive-date=2019-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112182744/https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/nwep7i.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Marshes are wetlands, continually or frequently flooded by nearby running bodies of water, that are dominated by emergent soft-stem vegetation and herbaceous plants. Swamps are wetlands consisting of saturated soils or standing water and are dominated by water-tolerant woody vegetation such as shrubs, bushes, and trees.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/classification-and-types-wetlands#swamps|title=Classification and Types of Wetlands|website=EPA|date=9 April 2015|access-date=26 November 2019|archive-date=23 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123074644/https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/classification-and-types-wetlands#swamps|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">Mitsch, W.J., & Gosselink, J.G.(2015). ''Wetlands''. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc.</ref>