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Key to refine an object mapped with natural=wetland  
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Description
You can use this key to refine elements tagged with natural=wetland.
"Main wetland types include swamps, marshes, bogs and fens. Sub-types include mangrove, carr, pocosin, and varzea." See wetland on Wikipedia
Tagging
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| wetland=marsh | Marshes are periodically saturated, flooded, or ponded with water and characterized by herbaceous (non-woody) vegetation adapted to wet soil conditions. Marshes are further characterized as tidal marshes and non-tidal marshes | 
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| wetland=reedbed | Reed-bed, an inundated area dominated by certain tall non-woody plants (reeds, bulrushes). | 
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| wetland=saltmarsh | Coastal marshes, exposed to tidal inundation with sea water, therefore characterised by herbaceous plants with special adaptations to saline environments. | 
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| wetland=wet_meadow | A semi-wetland meadow which is saturated with water throughout much of the year. Can be caused by poor drainage or the receipt of large amounts of rainwater or melted snow or in riparian zones. | 
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| wetland=swamp | Swamps are fed primarily by surface water inputs and are dominated by trees and shrubs. Swamps occur in either freshwater or saltwater floodplains. They are characterized by very wet soils during the growing season and standing water during certain times of the year. | 
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| wetland=mangrove | Mangrove swamps are coastal wetlands characterized by salt-tolerant trees, shrubs, and other plants growing in brackish to saline tidal waters | 
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| wetland=bog | Bogs are peat-filled depressions that receive their water and nutrients from rainfall. They are frequently covered in shrubs rooted in the sphagnum moss and peat. | 
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| wetland=fen | Fens are groundwater-fed peatforming wetlands covered by grasses, sedges, reeds, and wildflowers. | 
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| wetland=tidalflat | Mudflat. Tidally inundated areas of bare mud, sand or similar sediments. | 
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| See US EPA Wetlands. | |||
Rendering (proposal)
wetland=marsh
wetland=swamp
wetland=bog
wetland=reedbed
wetland=tidalflat
wetland=saltmarsh
wetland=mangrove
See also
Approved features/Wetland areas
Related terms: ‹ wetland ›