Typical areas include swampy forested wetlands which border small streams; meadows, and spring seepage areas.

Originally, areas including the Maylands Peninsula, Ascot and Burswood, through Claise Brook and north of the city to Herdsman Lake were swampy wetlands.

The area is predominantly mixed of flat fertile land and swampy wetland, but as of the housing boom since the late 90s, the area has been largely suburbanizing over the last few years.

The boulevard was constructed in 1917, when Las Olas was just a dirt road that crossed the swampy wetlands to the barrier island at Fort Lauderdale Beach.

The plant loves residing in watery and coastal regions, so it commonly grows in swampy wetlands and woodlands.

There are three versions of how the Styx received its Pākehā name, and they illustrate that early European settlers travelled through this swampy wetland.

For example around Ma Ma Creek, rich swampy wetlands provided a haven for many animal species not currently found on the downs.

At the base of the peninsula the Hauraki Plains were once massive swampy wetlands, rich with bird life.

About 77% of the state is covered by forest; the rest is covered in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds, and swampy wetlands.

The area that makes up the refuge was originally part of a free-flowing river system but the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 changed the topography into the swampy wetlands seen today.