Does that mean that a marsh can be a fen or a mire depending on acidity?
No, marshes are seperate from bogs and fens, forming at the edges of bodies of water, rivers, or in tidal areas and subject to periodic inundation. A bog or fen is an independent pool, fed by precipitation or surface and groundwater respectively, which forms a bed of peat.
I don't think mire is a classification in this sytem.
and in that bog there was some acid
rare acid, a rattlin acid
and the branch and the tree and the tree and the acid and the acid and the bog and the bog down in the valley-o
Yes, but usually less well since the conditions are slightly more aerobic due to water inflow.
I always learned it this way:
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Marshes have water flowing both in and out with grassy vegetation
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Swamps have water flowing both in and out with trees
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Fens have water flowing in but not out (evaporation keeps it balanced)
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Bogs do not drain and have nothing draining into them
"A fen is fed; a bog is not."
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I feel like I knew the difference between a marsh and a swamp without actually knowing it.
I'm used to most swamps/marshes being sparse low mangroves and scrubland so it wasnt immediately apparent.
brb gotta go take my bog and drop it on top of a fen to make a big fucking bomb that will finally end capitalism
further reading: https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/classification-and-types-wetlands#undefined
What's the difference between a mire and a quagmire? The latter always involves the American military. 🥁
