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Red mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
17.22, -87.5958
Field Notes
Description:
Red mangroves displaying the prop roots which arch above sea level. The tree also serves as a habitat for fishing birds. Site is Long Caye Island, Lighhouse Reef Atoll.
Habitat:
This tree dominates the zone proximal to warm open marine water. At Long Caye, the Red Man is a outer zone of trees on the islannd. As one approaches the interior, the trees changes to black mangroves, then wheite mangroves, then buttonwoods.
Notes:
Photo taken by staff and students of Brookhaven Geospatial Technology Program.
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