wetlandn.

1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. p. iv On this wet Land grows a variety of Evergreen Trees and Shrubs.

1847 H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 98 ‘Wet land’..by judicious cultivation..rapidly improves in fertility.

1955 Sci. News Let. 29 Oct. 281/2 The wetland partridge is about twice the size of the valley quail.

1965 New Scientist 17 June 763/3 Wetlands are defined to include marshes, bogs, swamps and any still water less than six metres deep.

1969 Nature 19 Apr. 239/2 Wetland ecosystems in the limited sense of this work are defined as ecosystems with a watertable, above, at or very near the substrate surface, the substrate remaining saturated throughout the year.

1979 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 11/4 Plans to protect the Somerset wetlands—an area of rare wildlife, whose future has been in dispute—are to be prepared.

1980 National Trust Spring 16/3 We intend to preserve this swamp area in its natural state as a haven not only for wetland flora but also for birds and animals.

1985 Daily Hampshire Gaz. (Northampton, Mass.) 9 Aug. 17/5 Under state law construction can not take place on a wetlands unless there are plans to replace the wetlands.