classification of swamps

[cmungall]

ENVO terms matching swamp under ecosystem:

• [] ENVO:01000254 ! environmental system
  • [i] ENVO:01001701 ! tropical environment
    • [i] ENVO:01001803 ! tropical forest
      • [i] ENVO:01000394 ! tropical freshwater swamp forest
  • [i] ENVO:01001705 ! temperate environment
    • [i] ENVO:01001805 ! temperate forest
      • [i] ENVO:01000398 ! temperate freshwater swamp forest
  • [i] ENVO:01001110 ! ecosystem
    • [i] ENVO:01001209 ! wetland ecosystem
      • [i] ENVO:00000230 ! coastal wetland ecosystem
        • [i] ENVO:00000057 ! mangrove swamp
      • [i] ENVO:00000044 ! peatland
        • [i] ENVO:00000189 ! peat swamp
      • [i] ENVO:00000233 ! swamp ecosystem
        • [i] ENVO:01000327 ! strand swamp
          • [i] ENVO:01000330 ! cypress strand swamp
        • [i] ENVO:01000328 ! dome swamp
        • [i] ENVO:01000331 ! cypress swamp
    • [i] ENVO:01001790 ! terrestrial ecosystem
      • [i] ENVO:01001243 ! forest ecosystem
        • [i] ENVO:01001803 ! tropical forest
          • [i] ENVO:01000394 ! tropical freshwater swamp forest
        • [i] ENVO:01001805 ! temperate forest
          • [i] ENVO:01000398 ! temperate freshwater swamp forest
        • [i] ENVO:01000432 ! swamp forest
          • [i] ENVO:01000394 ! tropical freshwater swamp forest
          • [i] ENVO:01000398 ! temperate freshwater swamp forest

definitions:

id	label	definition
ENVO:00000057	mangrove swamp	A swamp which is located in tropical or subtropical environments and is determined by communities of trees and shrubs growing saline coastal environments.
ENVO:00000189	peat swamp	Forested peatlands including both rain- and groundwater-fed types, commonly recorded in tropical regions with high rainfall.
ENVO:00000233	swamp ecosystem	A wetland ecosystem in which land mass is permanently inundated by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.
ENVO:01000327	strand swamp	A strand swamp is a swamp that forms linear drainage channels on flatlands.
ENVO:01000328	dome swamp	A dome swamp is a swamp which occurs in a depression where deeper waters at the centre of the swamp allow trees to grow taller relative to those in shallower regions of the depression. This creates a dome-like shape.
ENVO:01000330	cypress strand swamp	A cypress strand swamp is a strand swamp which has a plant community dominated by Cupressaceae, often swamp cypresses. Swamp cypresses typically belong to the genus Taxodium or the species Glyptostrobus pensilis and Actinostrobus pyramidalis.
ENVO:01000331	cypress swamp	A cypress swamp is a swamp which has a plant community dominated by Cupressaceae, often swamp cypresses. Swamp cypresses typically belong to the genus Taxodium or the species Glyptostrobus pensilis and Actinostrobus pyramidalis.
ENVO:01000394	tropical freshwater swamp forest	A freshwater swamp forest which is subject to tropical climate patterns.
ENVO:01000398	temperate freshwater swamp forest	A freshwater swamp forest which is subject to temperate climate patterns.
ENVO:01000432	swamp forest	None

visually:

general observations

• we are lacking a general concept of swamp that encompasses all these different types of swamps
• it's not clear why some labels have "ecosystem" affixed whereas others don't. As these are all classified under ecosystem they are all presumably ecosystems. See Create design patterns for biome and ecosystem #1209

specific comments:

• should "swamp forest" not be classified under "swamp ecosystem". The former is already classified under ecosystem.
• same for "peat swamp"
• same for "mangrove swamp"

[timalamenciak]

I think that it may be worthwhile to have a comprehensive re-evaluation and maybe re-normalization of ecosystem types in ENVO. Lots of related issues (e.g. #1553 #1579). I added a label for ecosystem classification.