Adaptations of Black and Red Mangroves

   

5 Adaptations:

1. Red Mangroves are more salt tolerant than black or white.

2. Red Mangroves use prop roots, which are special roots that help anchor them in loose mud.

3. Black Mangroves use pneumataphores or shallow roots that grow horizontally, sending up vertical shoots that are used to bring oxygen to the rest of the root. 

4. These pneumataphores spring up all around the base of the tree.

5. Red Mangroves contain tannin, giving the mangroves bark its red-ish color.