11 Facts About Mangrove

Mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

Mangrove biome, often called the mangrove forest or mangal, is a distinct saline woodland or shrubland habitat characterized by depositional coastal environments, where fine sediments collect in areas protected from high-energy wave action.

Mangrove loss continues due to human activity, with a global annual deforestation rate estimated at 0.

Mangrove forests are effective at carbon sequestration and storage and mitigate climate change.

Mangrove seeds are buoyant and are therefore suited to water dispersal.

Mangrove forests, called mangrove swamps or mangals, are found in tropical and subtropical tidal areas.

Mangrove plants require a number of physiological adaptations to overcome the problems of low environmental oxygen levels, high salinity, and frequent tidal flooding.

Mangrove swamps protect coastal areas from erosion, storm surge, and tsunamis.

Mangrove crabs eat the mangrove leaves, adding nutrients to the mangal mud for other bottom feeders.

Mangrove forests are an important part of the cycling and storage of carbon in tropical coastal ecosystems.

Mangrove forests are the only woody halophytes that live in salt water along the world's subtropical and tropical coastlines.