Used much locally by feeding ducks; much by nesting wood ducks 
and herons except in the extreme North; much by beaver, mink, 
raccoon, deer, woodcock, songbirds, small rodents, etc. in most 
regions; considerably by wild turkey in the South; by moose in 
the North, and by bear in various regions, 
8. Bogs (often called pocosins, bays, 
and savannahs in the South). 
Soil usually waterlogged; 
generally blanketed with a 
spongy covering of mosses or 
other plant material. 


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Located in glaciated country in 
the Northeast, Lake States, 
Northwest, and western moun 
tains, and along the Atlantic 
and Gulf Coastal Plains, mostly in shallow lake basins and 
potholes, on flat uplands, and along sluggish streams, 
Bogs; Type 8. 
Vegetation woody or herbaceous or both; typical plants are heath © 
shrubs, sphagnum moss and sedges, Representatives in the North 
include leather-leaf, Labrador-tea, cranberries, carex, and 
cottongrass; in the South, cyrilla, persea, gordonia, sweetbay, 
Virginia chainfern, and pitcher-plants, Scattered, often stunted, 
black spruce and tamarack may occur in northern bogs and pond 
pine in southern ones, 
Used some by deer, moose, songbirds, and small mammals and, where 
bordering open water, by a few nesting ducks, 
INLAND SALINE AREAS 



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Soil without standing water, but 
waterlogged to within at least 
a few inches of its surface 
during the growing season, 


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Located in the Great Basin, the 
northern Great Plains, and 
elsewhere in the arid parts of Inland saline areas: flats, marshes, 
the West, mostly ins low and open water; Types 9, 10, and ll. 
lake basins, 
Vegetation (often sparse or patchy) of salt-tolerant plants such 
as seablite, saltgrass, Nevada bulrush, saltbush, and burro-weed, 
