Wetlands - Wentzville, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 49.207 W 090° 52.203
15S E 684911 N 4298970
Sign and diagram on how the wetlands created here work. Can you identify any of the plants or animals living in this wetland?
Waymark Code: WM1BZZE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2025
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County of marker: St. Charles County
Location of marker: William Dierberg Dr., Heartland Park, Wentzville
Marker Text:
WETLANDS
CLEANING AND CLEARING WATER
What is a wetland?
This is the jist of this marker, and the pointing out of the wetlands below, on the north edge of the lake.
How and why the plants work, how and why the elevation of the land itself works to make the cleaning process a thing of beauty and a copy of what nature does on its own.
"Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during the growing season. Water saturation (hydrology) largely determines how the soil develops and the types of plant and animal communities living in and on the soil. Wetlands may support both aquatic and terrestrial species. The prolonged presence of water creates conditions that favor the growth of specially adapted plants (hydrophytes) and promote the development of characteristic wetland (hydric) soils." ~ EPA