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Texas Wetlands

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Texas Wetlands by Rudolph Rosen

Texas is a large and ecologically diverse state containing many different types of wetlands, most of which can be placed in the below categories:

  • deepwater swamps
  • freshwater marsh
  • playa lakes
  • riparian wetlands
  • saline and brackish marsh

 

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Photo by Rudolph Rosen

Wetlands

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