Mangrove

Mangroves are trees or shrubs that grow in salty water in hot places like the tropics.

Mangroves make a special saltwater woodland or shrubland habitat, called a mangrove swamp, mangrove forest, mangrove or mangal.^[1] Mangroves grow on 1/3 of tropical shores.^[2] They are also found in sub-tropical Africa, Asia, and the southwest Pacific.^[3]

Their twisted, tangled roots collect sediment. Over time, the sediment may become islands, or extend the shoreline.

1. ↑ Hogarth, Peter J. 1999. The biology of mangroves Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. ↑ "Morphological and physiological adaptations: Florida mangrove website".
3. ↑ Sherwin, Frank (2006). The ocean book. P.O. Box 126, Green Forest, AR 72638: Master Books. ISBN 0-89051-401-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)