Marshes occur anywhere local topography and impermeable soils prevent rapid runoff or infiltration - either near rivers and lakes or in small basins and other depressions. Fire plays a crucial role in the ecology of Florida's marshes by limiting the invasion of woody vegetation, affecting the composition of the herbaceous community, and retarding or occasionally reversing peat accumulation. Fires also burn dead but undecayed plant material releasing nutrients. Fires have always been frequent occurrences in Florida's marshes. Everglades peat owes its black color to charcoal from ancient fires.
Summer is the natural fire season.
Thus natural fires generally occur when soil moisture levels are high and plants are growing. Because organic soils fail to ignite when moisture content is above 65 percent, wet season fires are typically confined to the above water vegetation and seldom consume soil. Plants can filter runnoff from the golf course, aquatics on a lattoral shelf taller grasses could psychologically tighten this area if the ball flies over, trees could be introduced to create a chute for tee shots. This area is an outflow for drainage from the surrounding community. Pine flatwoods, messic hardwood forest, wetwoods, etc.