NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Swamps (shrub and forested wetlands) – is a term restricted to wetlands dominated by woody vegetation. It includes hardwood swamps, conifer swamps, shrub–scrub wetlands, and floodplain and bottomland forests.

Detailed explanation-2: -Swamps are wetlands that are dominated by woody vegetation – either trees or shrubs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Swamps are wetlands that are dominated by woody plants. In a swamp the water originates from groundwater or watercourses with the water table well below the surface so that the surface layer is aerated and supports the roots of trees and other tall woody plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -marsh. wetland dominated by nonwoody plants.

Detailed explanation-5: -Swamps include a broad range of wetlands that have standing or slowly moving water and are dominated by trees or shrubs. Swamps differ from marshes in that swamps do not contain large amounts of cattails, sedges, bulrushes, and other non-woody aquatic plants.