What kind of animals live in fens?

Fens are often found near bogs and over time most fens become bogs. Insects like mosquitoes and horseflies are common in fens as are amphibians, insect-eating birds, and insect-eating mammals like shrews, voles, and muskrats.

What animals live around wetlands?

Bugs, frogs and salamanders, fish, birds, snakes and turtles, and mammals like mice, squirrels, deer, and bears all like to use wetlands. In fact, 70% of the endangered species in our state depend on wetlands to survive! Wetlands provide them with the space they need to live and get food.

What type of wetland is a fen?

peat-forming wetlands
Fens are peat-forming wetlands that rely on groundwater input and require thousands of years to develop and cannot easily be restored once destroyed. Fens are also hotspots of biodiversity. They often are home to rare plants, insects, and small mammals.

What plants live in fens?

The sedge meadow is typically the largest component of the fen, and shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa), sedges, and wet prairie species joe-pye weed (Eupatorium maculatum), boneset (E. perfoliatum), and asters are common in this vegetation zone.

Are there eels in the Fens?

Throughout the middle ages eels were so plentiful that they were used as rent! Today less than 1% of the original fenland habitats remain in fragments across the Fens. Nevertheless these remnant wetlands still support an exceptional diversity of wildlife.

What is a fen wetland for kids?

Fens and marshes do not have trees while bogs and swamps usually have trees. Wetlands are filled with all kinds of amazing plants and animals, from frogs and fish to reeds, grasses, insects and birds such as common yellowthroats and red-winged blackbirds.

Do ducks live in wetlands?

Wetlands are critical waterfowl habitat Every species of duck, goose and swan in North America depends on wetland habitat throughout their life cycle. DU’s programs reach from the arctic tundra of Alaska to the tropical wetlands of Mexico and South America.

Do fens have fish?

Fens support animal and plant species that thrive in fertile swamps and less fertile bogs. They are home to the black mad fish which is considered a rare species.

Are there trees in a fen?

In fens, the most common trees include tamaracks (Larix species), spruces (Picea species), cedars (Thuja species), and some pines (Pinus species). All of these are well-adapted to damp, neutral to alkaline conditions.

Are there trees in fens?

Sedges dominate the landscape, woody shrubs and trees are sparse. Wicken Fen, England. Grasses in the foreground are typical of a fen.

Are there eels in the Norfolk Broads?

Most often seen in rivers, lakes and Broads – freshwater dykes and drains also support eels. The River Wensum holds good numbers as do many Broads including NWT Hickling.