Wetland EcoStudy unit - Wetlands photos
I took these photos in Central Pennsylvania and Virginia. Students may use them for projects and presentations.
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Now
add it to your project. Thanks! Do not link to the image here. Another set of royalty free photos
Project proposals:
1. Identify a photo that shows each type of wetland landscape. See Wetland Landscape key.
2. Select an image. Evaluate the environment shown. What kinds of plants & wildlife would benefit from it? It is good for people because....?
How might it be changed to improve its impact on the ecosystem?
3. Select an image. Which species of plants and animals would you anticipate finding there? |
![ferns](images/fernsstreamedgeth.jpg)
Ferns along stream
![flooding](images/floodingstremth.jpg)
Flooding stream
![forest stream](images/foreststr2th.jpg)
Forest Stream
![frozen creek](images/frozencreek.jpg)
Frozen creek Snyder County, PA
![goose](images/goosepondth.jpg)
Canada goose on water retention pond in new mall
![leaves](images/leavesinstreamth.jpg)
Leaves in stream
![](images/molluskshellssusquehannabank.jpg)
Bivalve shells on beach of Susquehanna River Shamokin Dam
![opossum](images/opossumth.jpg)
Opossum in tree on river bank
![rain fall](images/rainfallth.jpg)
Rainfall
![retention pond](images/retentionpondth.jpg)
Water retention pond next to parking lot
![stream](images/streamwoodsth.jpg)
Woodland stream with muddy bank
![rue](images/ruefernsstreambankth.jpg)
Rue and violets growing on stream bank
![](images/swanssusquehannath.jpg)
Migrating Tundra Swans on Susquehanna River
![stream](images/streamth.jpg)
Edge of stream crossing meadow
![orange water and stream bank](../pbl/observe/image/waterorangeth.jpg)
Orange water gushes from mountain side Shamokin Creek, Northumberland County, PA
![](images/orangewaterth.jpg)
Orange water discharge from mountain in Central PA.
![close up coal waste mountain](../pbl/observe/image/rockblkclsth.jpg)
Culm, coal waste hill along PA. highway
More royalty free photos 1 | photo 3 | photos 4 |
![rhode](images/rhodeatlaketh.jpg)
Rhododendron at lake edge
![floodplain](images/floodplain3th.jpg)
Flood plain along Penn Creek
![flood](images/flplainfredericksburgth.jpg)
Flood plain at Chatham Mansion looking across
the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia
![flood palin](images/floodplain4th.jpg)
Flood Plain with vegetation
![lake beach](images/lakebeachth.jpg)
Lake beach
![lake with boats](images/lakeboatth.jpg)
Boats on beach at lake
![mallards](images/mallardsth.jpg)
Mallard ducks on pond shore
![molluck](images/northumberlandacrossriverth.jpg)
Riparian buffer along Susquehanna River
![plants](images/plantsalongstreamshadeth.jpg)
Plants growing along deep shade stream
![reflecting pool](images/reflectingpoollincolnth.jpg)
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Washington D.C.
![roof garden](images/roofgardenth.jpg)
Green roof garden, Forest Resources Building, Pennsylvania State University
![rocky stream](images/rockymtnstreamth.jpg)
Rocky mountain stream
![streambank](images/streambank.jpg)
Stream bank
![snow](images/snowfall.jpg)
Snowfall
![acid mine drainage redediation](images/acidmineremdiationth.jpg)
Acid mine drainage remediation project by Shamokin Creek Alliance of Northumberland County, PA
![coal mine plant](../pbl/observe/image/coalplantth.jpg)
Coal mine plant Northumberland County, PA.
![Coal Waste hills along rural road](../pbl/observe/image/rockblackhillth.jpg)
Culm, coal waste enormous hills along rural road.
You may also use photos in the Lentic or Lotic Ecosystem project. |