Swamp forest

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The Rohsee , an oxbow of the river Main in Frankfurt City Forest . Black alders and the small duckweed ( Lemna minor L .; green water surface) can be recognized.

A swamp forest is a forest whose soil is usually under water, but which dries up regularly or every few years. In contrast, the quarry forest is permanently under water. The swamp forest is also to be distinguished from the alluvial forest , which occurs in the context of running waters .

Swamp forests are moist forests and bushes that grow on mineral soils with high groundwater . Water level fluctuations often occur. The swamp forests include, above all, the bird cherry, alder and ash forests and the damp oak and hornbeam forests. Particularly typical species of semi-natural swamp forests are black alder ( Alnus glutinosa ), ash ( Fraxinus excelsior ), bird cherry ( Prunus padus ) and other species of semi-natural alluvial forests and swamp forests.

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Individual evidence

  1. Entry swamp forest in the Universal Lexikon on deacademic.com
  2. Forest and forestry - forests: biotope types of other wet forests on sachsen.de