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 #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"