#waterlogged soil

• Black alder — A species of tree from the Betulaceae family (Alnus glutinosa), featuring dark brown-blackish bark that cracks with age, and subround, obtuse, or slightly notched leaves at the apex, sticky when young. This large tree grows optimally in excessively wet, swampy soils and along lowland and hilly rivers, recognized for the exceptional resistance of its wood in aquatic environments and for nitrogen fixation through nodules.
• Wateriness — A regional noun form or abstract derivative variant used in isolation to designate the fluid character, abundance, or state of excessive liquid accumulation of a terrain; the structural property of soil to retain or ooze with water. Figuratively, it can define a state of watery consistency or lack of substance in a culinary dish.