TYPES OF MANGROVES

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TYPES OF MANGROVES
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1. RED MANGROVES

• HAVE PROP ROOTS
• PRODUCE PROPAGULES
• ARE SALT EXCLUDERS
• DETRITUS ON THE PROP ROOTS IS A GOOD SOURCE OF
  FOOD TO HATCHING MARINE AND FRESHWATER BABIES

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• THE BABIES ATTRACT SMALL FISH THAT ATTRACT BIGGER
  FISH THAT ATTRACT FISHERMEN.
• THE INTERTWINED PROP ROOTS CAN SUPPORT BENGAL
  TIGERS IN THE MANGROVE FORESTS OF INDIA.

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2. BLACK MANGROVES

• HAVE PNEUMATOPHORES
• ARE SALT EXCRETERS
• LEAVES ARE DULL WHERE SALT IS EXCRETED
• INTERTWINED ROOTS UNDER THE PNEUMATOHORES HOLD
  THEM IN PLACE WHEN STORM SURGES HIT.

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TWO MORE TYPES OF MANGROVES

• WHITE

• BUTTONWOOD