Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to a system of inland freshwater wetlands, such as marshes, swamps, and lake shores, characterized by the presence of trees, shrubs, and emergent vegetation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
paludal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or thriving in
marshy habitats .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Most of the existing wetlands are freshwater, coniferous scrub/shrub wetlands, with small palustrine forested wetland complexes as well as Atlantic White Cedar wetland complexes.
Beachwood Borough Master Plan, Part IV « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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Most of the existing wetlands are freshwater, coniferous scrub/shrub wetlands, with small palustrine forested wetland complexes as well as Atlantic White Cedar wetland complexes.
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Most of the existing wetlands are freshwater, coniferous scrub/shrub wetlands, with small palustrine forested wetland complexes as well as Atlantic White Cedar wetland complexes.
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However emergent palustrine wetlands within this ecoregion are the most threatened type along the Gulf Coast.
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Wetland habitats include freshwater marsh, salt marsh, riverine, lacustrine, palustrine, open bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida 2009
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Most of the existing wetlands are freshwater, coniferous scrub/shrub wetlands, with small palustrine forested wetland complexes as well as Atlantic White Cedar wetland complexes.
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Most of the existing wetlands are freshwater, coniferous scrub/shrub wetlands, with small palustrine forested wetland complexes as well as Atlantic White Cedar wetland complexes.
Beachwood Borough Master Plan, Part IV « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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Most of the existing wetlands are freshwater, coniferous scrub/shrub wetlands, with small palustrine forested wetland complexes as well as Atlantic White Cedar wetland complexes.
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They develop on lacustrine-palustrine surfaces characterized by the presence of lacustrine materials, derived from differential accumulation as well as biogenic deposits coming from the remains of the mangrove swamp itself or other similar ecosystems like the swamp grasslands.
Cuban wetlands 2007
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A limited amount of palustrine forested wetlands occur at the head of the numerous tidal creek tributaries to the St. Jones River.
ericminton commented on the word palustrine
Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.
December 10, 2008