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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: These are mangrove forests dominated by <i>Rhizophora mangle</i> (usually monospecific, though <i>Avicennia germinans</i> and <i>Laguncularia racemosa</i> can occur), in situations where the mangrove community fronts sheltered bays, lagoons, and open coasts. Gilmore and Snedaker (1993) state that "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." 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35664.CEGL004764
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
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Names:   Common: Mangrove Fringe Forest
  Translated: Red Mangrove Fringe Forest
  Code: CEGL004764
  Scientific: Rhizophora mangle Fringe Forest
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