Mangrove Adaptations

•Mangroves have the ability to exclude salts through filtration at the surface of the root. These root membranes prevent salt from entering while allowing the water to pass through.
•Mangroves are salt excreters remove salt through glands located on each leaf.
•Mangrove trees are adapted for survival in oxygen-poor or anaerobic sediments through specialized root structures.
• Red mangroves have prop roots extending from the trunk and adventitious roots from the branches allowing them to live in anaerobic soils.
•Black mangroves have pneumatophores which are small air roots that can be seen extending vertically from the soils surrounding the trunk.