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1. What is the difference between red and white mangroves?
2. How do white mangroves excrete salt?
3. Do mangroves produce flowers?
4. Why are white mangroves called white?
5. What type of roots do white mangroves have?
6. Which type of mangroves are furthest inland?
7. How do white mangroves reproduce?
8. How do mangroves tolerate saltwater?
9. Are mangroves in fresh or saltwater?
10. What are mangrove propagules?
11. Are mangroves halophytes?
12. What is special or unique about mangroves?

What is the difference between red and white mangroves?

You can distinguish between red, black, and white mangroves by their leaves, specialized root structures, and propagules. Red mangroves have large, waxy, elliptical-shaped leaves. ... White mangroves have lenticels (raised pores) on their trunk to bring oxygen down to their roots.

How do white mangroves excrete salt?

Many mangrove species survive by filtering out as much as 90 percent of the salt found in seawater as it enters their roots. Some species excrete salt through glands in their leaves. ... These breathing tubes, called pneumatophores, allow mangroves to cope with daily flooding by the tides.

Do mangroves produce flowers?

Mangroves have one of the most unique reproductive strategies in the plant world. Mangroves are viviparous (bringing forth live young), just like most mammals. ... The red mangrove flowers mostly during the summer months. The long cigar shaped propagules are often found hanging on the tree all year long.

Why are white mangroves called white?

Some suggest that the common name, "white mangrove," is based on the white salt deposits that are expelled from the leaves and form surface deposits.

What type of roots do white mangroves have?

Two glands are found at the base of each leaf at the apex of the petiole. When growing in oxygen deprived sediment the White mangrove often develop peg roots which are similar to pneumatophores except they are shorter and more stout in appearance.

Which type of mangroves are furthest inland?

The red mangrove is closest to the water, while the buttonwood mangrove is found the farthest from the water (deeper inland). Their positions depend on land elevation, water and soil salt levels, and tidal changes. Mangroves are a tropical species of trees or shrubs that have adapted to live in coastal regions.

How do white mangroves reproduce?

Reproductive Adaptations

Similar to terrestrial plants, mangroves reproduce by flowering with pollination occurring via wind and insects. Once pollination occurs, the seeds remain attached to the parent tree. They germinate into propagules before dropping into the waters below.

How do mangroves tolerate saltwater?

Mangroves have several functions and adaptations for thriving in saline intertidal zones. ... Roots or leaves exude salt, which make them tolerant to saline conditions. Even after most of the salts have been removed, concentration of chloride and sodium ions in the tissue is higher than in other plants.

Are mangroves in fresh or saltwater?

Mangroves are facultative halophytes which means salt water is not a physical requirement for growth. Most can grow well in fresh water, but mangrove communities are not usually found in strict freshwater environments.

What are mangrove propagules?

Mangrove seeds are technically called “propagules” because unlike most other plants' seeds, mangrove propagules germinate while still on the tree! This is an adaptation that helps then to grow rapidly upon falling to the soil below once they are ripe.

Are mangroves halophytes?

(2) Mangroves are obligate halophytes, i.e. salt is necessary for their growth. Mangroves cannot survive in freshwater permanently and salt water is a physiological requirement. ... Mangroves have the ability to absorb Na ⁺ and Cl ^- rapidly and preferentially under low-salinity conditions.

What is special or unique about mangroves?

In addition to being a marginal ecosystem, a mangrove is unique in that, as an ecosystem it has various interactions with other ecosystems, both adjoining and remote in space and time. ... Healthy mangrove ecosystems also have the peculiar ability to immobilize heavy metals.