Wetlands Classification System: Palustrine Wetlands
| Palustrine Wetlands have the following characteristics:
- Areas dominated by trees, shrubs, persistent emergent, and emergent mosses or lichens
- Emergent plants are rooted plants with leaves and stems which extend out of the water
- Salinity due to ocean-derived salts is less than 0.5 ppt
- Accounts for more than 90 percent of all wetlands in the United States.
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