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The Rainwater Basin wetland region is a 4,200 sq mi (11,000 km 2) loess plain located south of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska. [1] It lies principally in Adams, Butler, Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Kearney, Phelps, Polk, Saline, Seward, and York counties and extends into adjacent areas of southeastern Hall, northern Franklin, northern Nuckolls, western Saline, northern Thayer and ...
The plant-anchored dunes of the Sandhills were long considered an irreclaimable desert. In the 1870s, cattlemen began to discover their potential as rangeland for Longhorn cattle. [citation needed] The fragility of the sandy soil makes the area unsuitable for cultivation of crops.
The wetland status of 7,000 plants is determined upon information contained in a list compiled in the National Wetland Inventory undertaken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and developed in cooperation with a federal inter-agency review panel (Reed, 1988). The National List was compiled in 1988 with subsequent revisions in 1996 and 1998.
Pages in category "Wetlands of Nebraska" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The plant and animal life in the Pine Ridge is atypical for Nebraska; the ecology is very similar to the Black Hills, 50 miles (80 km) to the north.The dominant tree in the Pine Ridge is the ponderosa pine; deciduous trees (such as cottonwoods) are also present in canyon bottoms.
Fontenelle Forest includes several facilities. The Katherine and Fred Buffett Forest Learning Center is the main building in the forest. Built in 2000, it has space for school programs, public education events and private events. Two miles from the Learning Center is the Gilbert and Martha Hitchcock Wetlands Learning Center.
The NWI relies on trained image analysts to identify and classify wetlands and deepwater habitats from aerial imagery. NWI started mapping wetlands at a small scale (1:250,000 map which covers an area the size of 128-1:24,000 USGS topographic maps or approximately 7,400 square miles).
Salix, the willows, are native to many areas throughout the world, usually in riparian ecosystems. Salvinia natans, the floating fern, is native in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and introduced elsewhere. Sedges are a large family of grass-like plants with many species that form a characteristic part of wetland vegetation.