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Name: Rhizophora mangle Overwash Island Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These are mangrove forests dominated by <i>Rhizophora mangle</i> (monospecific), in mangrove island situations, with no adjacent (non-tidal) upland area. These communities are the floristically simplest and most strictly monodominant of red mangrove communities. <i>Rhizophora</i> individuals are relatively short, with average forest height of 6-7 m and average dbh of about 11 cm. In addition, Gilmore and Snedaker (1993) state that "In just about all ecological aspects, the overwash mangrove island type is equivalent to the fringe forest mainly because of the relatively high frequency of tidal inundation. The principal difference, however, lies in the fact that tidal waters completely overwash the island on almost every tidal cycle. Although tidal overwash also occurs on the retreating or falling tides, the water is not necessarily the same parcel that entered due to the mixing and exchange that take place on the inland water side of the island. Likewise, in the case of strong littoral circulation, the overwash approximates a unidirectional flow. Also the presence of a berm or wrack line is seldom observed. An interesting aspect of overwash islands ... is the high incidence of bird rookeries. Presumably this is mainly due to the island effect, which provides a water barrier to potential terrestrially based predators and scavengers." 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35662.CEGL004765
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Common: Overwash Red Mangrove Island
  Translated: Red Mangrove Overwash Island Forest
  Scientific: Rhizophora mangle Overwash Island Forest
  Code: CEGL004765
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683224 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo