Black Mangroves
Red Mangroves
White Mangroves
Common knowledge
Button Wood
100
What is the main function of the roots?
To help the tree to breathe by taking in oxygen from the air.
100
How are the red mangroves easily distinguishable from the black?
Prop roots and Propagules
100
What is the scientific name of White mangroves
Laguncularia racemosa
100
At what temperature and in what region do mangroves thrive?
22- 25 degrees Celsius ( in Tropical and Sub Tropical regions)
100
What is the scientific name for the Button Wood?
What is Conocarpus erectus?
200
How did the black mangrove get its name?
The trunk and heartwood is blackish in color
200
Why are the prop roots important?
They provide extra support, protect against storm waves and tides and allow direct intake of air from their pores.
200
This leaf has two glands, called nectarines that secrete what?
What is sugar?
200
What does the term Anoxic mean
Lack of Oxygen
200
How does this plant get rid of excess salt?
Salt is ejected through the two red notches located at the base of the leaf. When it rains, the salt is washed away from the plant.
300
When do you know the seed is ready to become another tree?
When the seed falls off of the tree it has produced a seedling with well-developed roots and leaves
300
How long can a mangrove propagule float in the sea?
Just over a year
300
What type of roots does this tree have
What are pneumatophores and prop roots?
300
Mangroves provide buffer and protection of the coast from what?
Storm waves and surges
300
Why is buttonwood called buttonwood?
because the fruits of the tree resemble an old-style button
400
How tall do black mangroves grow in The Bahamas?
Smaller than 30ft in height (Small Shrub)
400
When does the red mangrove produce their small, yellow, star shaped flowers?
In the Spring time.
400
If you see any illegal cutting or clearing of mangroves what should you do?
Report it!
400
Why are mangroves important to many species of fish, crabs, shellfish, birds, and other animals?
They provide feeding breeding and nursery areas.
400
What is the zonation of the Buttonwood tree?
This is located behind the White Mangrove (land-based)
500
What is this structure called
Pneumatophores (the roots)
500
What is the name of this image?
Propagule (the fruit of the Rhizophora mangle)
500
Description of the leaf
The leaves are rounded at the base and the tip and are smooth underneath
500
What are some Abiotic factors of this region?
Sunlight, Water, Soil,
500
Importance of a Buttonwood tree?
The leaves are used for fish poisoning
The trees are used to protect the land from storm winds