CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE What Is a Wetland 4 CHAPTER TWO A Water-Soaked World 10 CHAPTER THREE Wetland Plants 16 CHAPTER FOUR Wetland Animals 22 CHAPTER FIVE People and Wetlands 30 CHAPTER SIX The Future of Wetlands 36 Well-Known Wetlands 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
5 CHAPTER ONE American alligators live only in wetlands of the southeastern United States An American alligator creeps into the brown waters of the Okefenokee Swamp Its strong tail sweeps back and forth The alligator swims just below the water’s surface Only its raised nostrils and eyes are visible as it glides through floating lily pads Bald cypress trees grow in the water near the shoreline A sandhill crane wades between the trees swollen trunks Its bugle-like call drowns out the WHAT IS A WETLAND
