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Mangroves are hardy shrubs and trees that thrive in salt water and have specialised adaptations so they can survive the volatile energies of intertidal zones along marine coasts. A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal ...
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In this photo, the crab is about 10 feet up the tree (I'm standing on a 5 foot sea wall). Mangrove crabs are exceptionally shy as just about every bird, raccoon, otter and fish loves to eat them. This one is in a black mangrove tree but they love white and red mangroves too and all three grow together in our little neighborhood estuary.
Rhizophora is a genus of tropical mangrove trees, sometimes collectively called true mangroves. The most notable species is the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) but some other species and a few natural hybrids are known. Rhizophora species generally live in intertidal zones which are inundated daily by the ocean.
Rhizophora mangle, also known as the red mangrove, [1] is a salt-tolerant, small-to-medium sized evergreen tree restricted to coastal, estuarine ecosystems along the southern portions of North America, the Caribbean as well as Central America and tropical West Africa. [2]
Mangrove plants require a number of physiological adaptations to overcome the problems of low environmental oxygen levels, high salinity, and frequent tidal flooding.Each species has its own solutions to these problems; this may be the primary reason why, on some shorelines, mangrove tree species show distinct zonation.
Avicennia marina, commonly known as grey mangrove or white mangrove, is a species of mangrove tree classified in the plant family Acanthaceae (formerly in the Verbenaceae or Avicenniaceae). As with other mangroves, it occurs in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas.
White-flowered Holly Mangrove ebracteatus: Bractless Holly Mangrove subsp. ebarbatus: Purple-flowered Holly Mangrove ilicifolius: Holly Mangrove Avicennia: integra: Stilted Grey Mangrove marina: Grey/White Mangrove var. marina: Western White Mangrove marina: Grey/White Mangrove var. australasica: Eastern White/Grey Mangrove marina: Grey/White ...