Mangroves- natural heroes to combat climate change
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Seedlings of red mangrove<br />
Black <strong>Mangroves</strong><br />
The black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) is set back slightly from the red mangrove in a<br />
zone of shallow water, and can be recognized by its aerial roots called pneuma<strong>to</strong>phores, root<br />
outgrowths emerging straight from the ground and equipped with salt filters, which enable<br />
these trees <strong>to</strong> capture oxygen from the air when they are not covered by water. Its leaves are<br />
elliptic-lanceolate and excrete excess salt <strong>to</strong> the leaf surface, where salt crystals form.
Change language