Mangroves grow on sheltered shores form dense forests on shorelines, riverbanks and estuaries. Mangroves are basically small trees and shrubs. These grow in tropical and subtropical tide lands almost all over the world. Tidal activity of gulfs, seas and oceans make it possible the growth of Mangroves as they are able to stand in salt water because of unique rooting structures and peculiarity in their reproduction having viviparous or live birth having ecological community, collectively called mangroves.
They are important as a food source in food chain and a shelter for many animals.
To understand the growth of mangroves we have to know the most extraordinary features of the mangrove that is root system. All mangroves have such structures in the roots, which make possible entry of oxygen. This system called pneumatophore. Mangrove root systems inside water are larger than their upper visible green part. This is the reason they can stand and bear the tidal effect of seas and oceans. The second peculiarity is to having a developed way of limiting the amounts of water lose by their leaves. So they can accumulate more fresh water inside them by extracting out salty water.
They are important as a food source in food chain and a shelter for many animals.
To understand the growth of mangroves we have to know the most extraordinary features of the mangrove that is root system. All mangroves have such structures in the roots, which make possible entry of oxygen. This system called pneumatophore. Mangrove root systems inside water are larger than their upper visible green part. This is the reason they can stand and bear the tidal effect of seas and oceans. The second peculiarity is to having a developed way of limiting the amounts of water lose by their leaves. So they can accumulate more fresh water inside them by extracting out salty water.
