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  2. Riparian zone - Wikipedia

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    Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks are called riparian vegetation, characterized by hydrophilic plants. [5] Riparian zones are important in ecology, environmental resource management, and civil engineering [6] because of their role in soil conservation, their habitat biodiversity, and the influence they have on ...

  3. Riparian forest - Wikipedia

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    The term riparian comes from the Latin word ripa, 'river bank'; technically it only refers to areas adjacent to flowing bodies of water such as rivers, streams, sloughs and estuaries. However, the terms riparian forest and riparian zone have come to include areas adjacent to non-flowing bodies of water such as ponds, lakes, playas and reservoirs.

  4. Riparian-zone restoration - Wikipedia

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    Riparian-zone restoration is the ecological restoration of riparian-zone habitats of streams, rivers, springs, lakes, floodplains, and other hydrologic ecologies. A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream .

  5. Riparian buffer - Wikipedia

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    A riparian buffer of vegetation lining a farm creek in Story County, Iowa. A riparian buffer or stream buffer is a vegetated area (a "buffer strip") near a stream, usually forested, which helps shade and partially protect the stream from the impact of adjacent land uses.

  6. Buffer strip - Wikipedia

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    The water is then able to be cooler allowing for greater fish production and other aquatic plants and other biota to thrive in a less disturbed environment. [7] This area of vegetation following a body of water is noted as a riparian zone. These buffer areas often incorporate large trees that protect stream banks from excessive erosion and ...

  7. Category:Riparian zone - Wikipedia

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    The Riparian terrestrial Biome, and the ecoregions within it around the world. The riparian zone's fluvial and landform geography; hydrology and engineering; and restoration and conservation . Riparian forest ecology, plant communities and habitats .

  8. Living shoreline - Wikipedia

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    Such activity results in bank erosion minimization, wildlife habitat creation and upland runoff filtration. The type of plants that make up common riparian zones typically include grasses, shrubs and woody trees but the species of each are dependent on the naturally occurring vegetation of the area. [6]

  9. List of wetland plants - Wikipedia

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    Ceratophyllum demersum is a cosmopolitan species of aquatic plant. Drosera, the sundews, are carnivorous plants with species found on every continent except Antarctica. Duckweeds are tiny flowering plants that float on the surface of water, with members of the group found worldwide. Isoetes is a cosmopolitan genus of lycophyte known as the ...