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
Wetlands are areas of land that are covered with water for at least part of a year. The two types of freshwater wetlands are marshes, which contain non-woody plants or shrubs, and swamps which contain woody plants or shrubs.There are also saltwater wetlands which are called estuaries.etlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.. The wetland ecosystems are one of the most important ecosystems on earth. Wetlands provide habitat that is critical for nesting, rearing, feeding, and migrating bird and other wildlife populations in watersheds across the nation.