Types of Fens

Fens are an important wetland type in the mountains of California. Fens are permanently saturated wetlands, receiving significant water and nutrients from a ground source of water. Ground water fed fens are widespread in the California mountains of the Sierra Nevada, coast range, and southern Cascades.

Moesgaard Museum Bogs, marshes and fens

Illustration of basin type fen, which is supported by both surface and

Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program - Did you know there are different kinds of wetlands? In addition to the tidal salt marshes you might think of, there are also swamps, bogs

Types of Fens

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6: Wetland types: Only two Ramsar wetland categories acknowledge

Schematic drawings of the eight peatland types in Table 1; profile

Fen - Wikipedia

Types of Fens