mangrove field trip essay/talk

• Faculty of Science & Engineering
• Marine & Tropical Biology
• BT1001 - Introduction to Plant Science

Resource Sample

Chelsea Crowe BT1001 Lab 009 The Grey Mangrove or Avicennia sp. is a group of mangrove trees that grow along the tropical intertidal zones of estuarine areas, where the soil is poorly aerated, lacks stability and poorly drained. The leaves, seedlings & roots have all adapted to this highly saline environment to ensure survival and thrive amongst these conditions. Avicennia has unique roots called "peg roots" or pneumatophores. These negatively gravitropic roots, inhabit tidal swamps, by proj...

Resource Topics

• Aerial root
• Aquatic ecology
• Avicennia
• Avicennia marina
• Botany
• Eudicots
• Flora
• Mangroves
• Plant roots
• Rhizophora mangle
• Root

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