You can use fall leaf color to help identify different tree species. Look for these leaf colors on the trees in your neighborhood: (click on the tree species to see the tree shape, bark, fruit, and leaf shape.). 1  Oaks: red, brown or russet. 2  Hickories: golden bronze. 3  Dogwood: purple-red. 4  Birch: bright yellow. 5  paper birch.
Wetlands and people Wetlands and society Wetlands typically offer a wide variety of benefits to society and they have played a central role in human development throughout history. Many great civilizations depended on them, including the Maya, Inca and Aztec in Latin America, the Khmer in Asia, the Marsh Arabs in Mesopotamia and those of the Nile
Plants: Plants are one of the most important parts of a wetland. Aquatic plants specialize in living in a wet environment, and a marsh is full of these. Plenty of other, non-aquatic plants grow in a marsh as well, since a marsh is really a transition, or middle-ground between a water habitat and a land habitat. marsh, also called a wetland, is one of our most important habitats. Marshes probably support more life than any other type of habitat. They are also essential to keeping our environment clean.