Black Mangrove Tree

Description:

Photo take in a mangrove area near the coast this is the most common of all the mangrove trees in this area . is a species of flowering plant. The name black mangrove refers to the color of the trunk and heartwood. The leaves often appear whitish from the salt excreted at night and on cloudy days

Habitat:

Grows in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and on the Atlantic coast of tropical Africa, where it thrives on the sandy and muddy shores that seawater reaches. It can grow to heights of 15 m in the tropics, but becomes small and shrub-like at the northern limits of its range. Black mangrove is common throughout coastal areas of Texas and Florida, and ranges as far north as southern Louisiana and coastal Georgia in the United States.

Notes:

Unlike other mangrove species, it does not grow on prop roots, but possesses pneumatophores that allow its roots to breathe even when submerged. It is a hardy species and expels absorbed salt mainly from its leathery leaves. Wikipedia.