Examples of 'fens' in a sentence
Meaning of "fens"
fen (noun) - a type of wetland habitat, characterized by nutrient-rich peat soil and water-loving plants like sedges and reeds
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- plural of fen
- A marshy area in eastern England.
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Mires and fens are also well represented.
Raised bogs and mires and fens.
Fens are the usual type of slope wetlands.
Explore the high fens with a donkey.
It grows in wet meadows and spring fens.
We used to romp in the fens and spinneys.
They have found a body on the fens.
The fens are open to the public.
The habitat consists of fens and marshes.
More recently fens are being used as illegal dumping grounds.
Strangled my heart in the desolate fens.
It grows in bogs and fens in moist forest habitat.
It can be found in marshes and fens.
Let the fens claim him.
I am not interested in a kneeler out beyond the fens.
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Bogs and fens are more common in the north.
I once asked my father why the fens were so flat.
Our fens and marshes attract them in great quantity.
The organic soils of poor fens are composed of peat.
We have three towers in total in the fens now.
Fens are richer than bogs.
A body has been found out in the fens.
Fens receive most of their water and nutrients from groundwater.
Of internationaler significance are the diverse raised bogs and fens.
Vast areas of bogs and fens occur throughout the region.
My father was from the fens.
Bogs and fens are highly susceptible to changes in nutrient and water inputs.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys.
Bogs and some fens have a substrate of peat covered with mosses.
It grows in open wet habitat such as fens and meadows.
Fens have a high water table with slow drainage which is rich in nutrients.
That student on the fens.
Although fens are dominated by sedges they may also contain shrubs and trees.
They also spent time in the field on the fens.
Fens benefit from an input of mineralized water and display a greater biodiversity of plants.
These are types of wetland systems made up of bogs and fens.
The Fens provided a natural defensive position.
Control of plant growth by nitrogen and phosphorus in mesotrophic fens.
In the foothills of high Fens nature reserve.
Some of the plants found in bogs also grow in fens.
The Fens remained a place of refuge and intrigue.
All aspects of the watershed were designed to support these fens.
Fens are also a common type of wetland in northern Ontario.
A disease of the fens.
Some parts of the Fens may be below sea level.
Montane rich fens.
Bogs and fens are found in all biogeographical regions stretching as far south as Corsica.
Mountain rich fens.
Its landscape includes many fens and reedbeds in Erne valley.
It is a rather flat countryside that was once full of fens and swamps.
