Table 5.
Comparison of the zones of Stewart and Kantrud's (1971) classification with the Water Regime Modifiers used in the present classification system.
Zone
Water Regime Modifier
Wetland-low-prairie
Non-wetland by our definition
Wet meadow
Temporarily flooded
Shallow marsh
Seasonally flooded
Deep marsh

Semipermanently flooded
Intermittently exposed

Intermittent-alkali
Intermittently flooded (with eusaline or hypersaline water)
Permanent-open-water
Permanently flooded (with mixohaline water)
Fen (alkaline bog)
Saturated