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Rhizophora mangle Fringe Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Rhizophora mangle Fringe Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: Mangrove forests dominated by Rhizophora mangle (usually monospecific, though Avicennia germinans and Laguncularia racemosa can occur), in situations where the mangrove community fronts sheltered bays, lagoons, and open coasts. "In this situation, the canopy foliage forms a vertical wall in response to the full sunlight. The principal characteristics of this forest type are related to the pattern of tidal inundation whereby water flows in on rising tides and out on falling tides. This means that buoyant materials such as leaves, twigs, and propagules are exported from the habitat on each outgoing tide. Also related to the pattern of tidal inundations (700+ per year) is the common occurrence of a shoreline berm and/or an interior wrack line" (Gilmore and Snedaker 1993).  Accession Code: VB.CC.21422.RHIZOPHORAMANGL Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Aug-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Rhizophora mangle Tidal Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Red Mangrove Fringe Forest   Scientific: Rhizophora mangle Fringe Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685072 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004764   Common: Mangrove Fringe Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Rhizophora mangle Fringe Forest