| marsh wren | a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes |
long-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
| harrier | hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals |
marsh harrier
Circus Aeruginosus | Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions |
Montagu's harrier
Circus pygargus | brownish European harrier |
marsh hawk
northern harrier
hen harrier
Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
harrier eagle
short-toed eagle | any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles |
gallinule
marsh hen water hen swamphen | any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens |
American coot
marsh hen mud hen
water hen Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
| harrier | a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller, used to hunt rabbits |
marsh hare
swamp rabbit Sylvilagus palustris | a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida |
swamp buggy
marsh buggy | an amphibious vehicle typically having four-wheel drive and a raised body |
Madagascar
Republic of Madagascar
Malagasy Republic | a republic on the island of Madagascar, achieved independence from France in |
marsh
marshland
fen
fenland | low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation, usually is a transition zone between land and water, thousands of acres of marshland, the fens of eastern England |
| salt marsh | low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater |
harasser
harrier | a persistent attacker, the harassers were not members of the regular army |
Marsh
Ngaio Marsh | New Zealand writer of detective stories (-) |
| Marsh Reginald Marsh | United States painter (-) |
marsh marigold
kingcup meadow bright
May blob
cowslip water dragon Caltha palustris | swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups |
blue jasmine
blue jessamine
curly clematis
marsh clematis
Clematis crispa | climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers |
marsh cress
yellow watercress
Rorippa islandica | annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb, troublesome weed in some localities |
| annual salt-marsh aster | a variety of aster |
| perennial salt marsh aster | a variety of aster |
Joe-Pye weed purple boneset
trumpet weed
marsh milkweed
Eupatorium purpureum | North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple |
marsh elder
iva | any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers, common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America |
burweed marsh elder
false ragweed
Iva xanthifolia | tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis, produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever |
marsh bellflower
Campanula aparinoides | bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers |
| marsh orchid | any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots, Europe and Mediterranean region |
sea lavender
marsh rosemary
statice | any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers |
marsh mallow
white mallow
Althea officinalis | European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers |
salt marsh mallow
Kosteletzya virginica | subshrub of southeastern United States to New York |
marsh andromeda
common bog rosemary
Andromeda polifolia | erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers, of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe |
wild rosemary
marsh tea
Ledum palustre | bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan |
marsh gentian
calathian violet
Gentiana pneumonanthe | perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths |
marsh pink
rose pink
bitter floom
American centaury
Sabbatia stellaris
Sabbatia Angularis | any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury |
marsh felwort
Swertia perennia | perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dullolored blue or violet flowers |
marsh St-John's wort
Hypericum virginianum | perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers, southeastern United States |
water shamrock
buckbean
bogbean
bog myrtle
marsh trefoil
Menyanthes trifoliata | perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves, often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface |
marsh pea
Lathyrus palustris | scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers |
marsh plant
bog plant
swamp plant | a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land, most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc, possibly heath |
marsh horsetail
Equisetum palustre | scouringush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere |
marsh fern
Thelypteris palustris
Dryopteris thelypteris | fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places, cosmopolitan in north temperate regions |
| marsh gas | methane gas produced when vegetation decomposes in water |