5 Adaptations of Mangroves

• Prop Roots: Red mangroves have prop roots so that they can live in knee high water levels in the ocean. Prop Roots are just roots that come off each other and anchor down into the soil/sand.

• Leaves: Both the Red and Black Mangroves have leaves that have become adapt to the excess salt in the water by having little pores on their leaves that salt comes out of.

• Propagule: The Red and Black mangroves have propogules, meaning that their seeds grow on the mangroves until they are to heavy to fall off.

• Hydrochory: Once the seed has become heavy enough to fall off the mangrove it falls into the water and floats or sinks straight to the bottom and anchors down.

• Pneumatophore:Black Mangroves have these type of roots in which they stay under the ocean bottom but come up in various close places around the main plant.