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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 ...
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 ...
Pichavaram consists of a number of islands interspersing a vast expanse of water covered with mangrove forest. [3] The Pichavaram mangrove Forest is one of the largest mangrove forests in India covering about 45 km 2 of area (as of 2019).
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.
A man in Germany thatching a roof using reeds. Phragmites australis, the common reed, is used in many areas for thatching roofs. In the United Kingdom, common reed used for this purpose is known as "Norfolk reed" or "water reed".
Stachys palustris, commonly known as marsh woundwort, [3] marsh betony, clown's woundwort, clown's heal-all, marsh hedgenettle, [4] or hedge-nettle, [5] is an edible [6] perennial grassland herb growing to 80 centimeters tall. It is native to parts of Eurasia but has been introduced to North America. [5]
Hydrocotyle vulgaris, the marsh pennywort, common pennywort, water naval, money plant, lucky plant, dollarweed or copper coin, [2] is a small creeping aquatic perennial plant native to North Africa, Europe, the Caucasus and parts of the Levant.
Althaea officinalis, the marsh mallow [2] or marshmallow, [3] is a species of flowering plant indigenous to Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, ...