Marsh

A wetland dominated by monocotyledons (cattails, grasses) or other herbaceous emergent plant material. (Christensen, 2005) Wetland periodically or continuously flooded to a shallow depth, where terrestrial and aquatic habitats overlap dominated by herbaceous or nonwoody grasses, cattails, and other low plants, often emerging in shallow ponds or depressions, river margins, tidal areas, and estuaries. (Watson; Adams, 2011)