Forest School: Mangroves in The Bahamas

Types of Mangroves

The Bahamas

Multiple Choice

What photos are the Mangroves tree?

Multiple Choice

Mangroves can live in...

• Hot water

• Cold water

• Salty water

• Dirty water

Multiple Choice

How can Mangroves stand still in the waves?

• By their roots

• By their stem

• By their leaves

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Prop Roots

Roots growing from the branches of the tree and extending down to the water and sand/mud.

Multiple Choice

Brackish means that the water is

• only salt water
• a mix of fresh and salt water
• only fresh water

Lenticels

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Propagule

A vegetative structure that can become detached from a plant and give rise to a new plant, e.g. a bud, sucker, or spore.

Mangroves found in The Bahamas

There are four (4) kinds of mangroves found in The Bahamas.

They are:

Red Mangroves

Black Mangroves

White Mangroves

Buttonwood

Multiple Choice

How many different kinds of mangroves can be found in The Bahamas?

• 5

• 4

• 2

• 7

Multiple Choice

Which mangroves are found in The Bahamas?

• Red Mangroves

  Black Mangroves

  White Mangroves Guinep

• Red Mangroves

  Black Mangroves

  Green Mangroves Tamarind

• Red Mangroves

  Black Mangroves

  White Mangroves

  Buttonwood

• Red Mangroves

  Yellow Mangroves

  White Mangroves

  Buttonwood

Characteristics of Red, Black, and White Mangroves

How the leaves, roots and propagules of mangroves differ.

^{Watch the video on this slide then answer the questions below.}

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove has small rounded leaves?

• Red Mangrove

• Black Mangrove

• White Mangrove

• Buttonwood

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove has pointy leaves that are grey underneath?

• Red Mangrove

• Black Mangrove

• White Mangrove

• Buttonwood

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove has shiny, pointy leaves which are green on both sides?

• Red Mangroves

• Black Mangroves

• White Mangroves

• Buttonwood

Multiple Choice

Which Mangrove do these propagules belong to?

• White Mangrove

• Black Mangrove

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove do these propagules belong to?

• Black Mangrove

• Red Mangrove

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove do these propagules belong to?

• Black Mangrove

• White Mangrove

Multiple Choice

Which Mangrove has these pencil-like roots that point upward out of the water.

• Red Mangroves

• Black Mangroves

Four Kinds of Mangroves including Buttonwood

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove is this?

• Red Mangrove

• Black Mangrove

• White Mangrove

• Buttonwood

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove is this?

• Red Mangrove

• Black Mangrove

• White Mangrove

• Buttonwood

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove is this?

• Red Mangrove

• Black Mangrove

• White Mangrove

• Buttonwood

Multiple Choice

Which mangrove is this?

• Red Mangrove

• Black Mangrove

• White Mangrove

• Buttonwood