North Florida is home to a variety of wetland environments. Swamps, seepage slopes, bogs, ephemeral wetlands, and steephead ravines, to name a few, are not always places we visit recreationally. But they are of critical importance to area ecology.
Many wetlands connect to larger river systems, and are a habitat and source of nutrients for for a wide range of marine species. Our local wetlands often contain plants and animals species not found anywhere else. They can be mucky and uncomfortable (not always, though), but they are key to the rich biodiversity for which north Florida is known.