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  2. Pallikaranai Marsh - Wikipedia

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    Named Pallikaranai Swamp Forest Block, it is the 17th reserve forest area in the Tambaram Range, whose reserve forest area goes up to 56.27 square kilometres (21.73 sq mi) with this addition. The first scientific bird census in the state conducted in January 2010 revealed that birds still visit the marsh despite the non-stop dumping by the city ...

  3. Pallikaranai - Wikipedia

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    Pallikaranai Marsh. Pallikaranai wetland is a fresh water swamp adjacent to the Bay of Bengal situated in south Chennai with a geographical area of 80 km 2. In 2007, a major portion of the Pallikaranai marshland was declared a reserve forest area and brought under the Tambaram range of the Forest department. The swamp is helpful in charging the ...

  4. List of wetland plants - Wikipedia

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    Phragmites is a genus of plants known as reeds. Pondweeds are a family of aquatic plant with a subcosmopolitan distribution. Sagittaria is a genus of plants known as arrowhead or katniss. Salix, the willows, are native to many areas throughout the world, usually in riparian ecosystems.

  5. List of plants by common name - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.

  6. Thuraipakkam - Wikipedia

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    It has many IT Buildings and has many plants in the middle of the road. Palm Trees are known to grow in here. Okkiyam Thoraipakkam has pollution-related problems because a portion of the Pallikaranai marsh has been converted into a dump yard and garbage including medical waste, plastics, tires, are burnt.

  7. Halophyte - Wikipedia

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    A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. The word derives from Ancient Greek ἅλας (halas) 'salt' and φυτόν (phyton) 'plant'.

  8. Tephroseris palustris - Wikipedia

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    Tephroseris palustris grows in areas that have freezing winters [9] and in moist to wet soils, such as damp meadows, swamps, sandy pond edges [5] and roadside ditches [10] at altitudes of 0 to 3,300 feet (1,000 m) [4] It is the most common annual plant species in the eastern Canadian Arctic.

  9. Aeschynomene aspera - Wikipedia

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    Aeschynomene aspera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is also known by the names sola ( Odia ସୋଲ ), shola ( Bengali শোলা ) sola pith plant , pith plant , laugauni ( Hindi ), [ 1 ] Bendu-chettu ( Telugu ), ponguchedi ( Malayalam ) [ 2 ] or Netti ( Tamil ). [ 3 ]