COLONISATION AND SUCCESSION IN MANGROVE SWAMP

what is the function of hydathodes of the mangrove swamps leaves?

• to remove excess water

• to remove excess salt

• to remove excess sucrose

• to remove excess oxygen

which plants have pneumatophores root?

• bruguiera sp

• Rhizophira sp

• Avicennia sp

• sonneratia sp

_____________are short root projections from the soil surface for aeration in water-submerged areas.

_____________ are a type of roots with a thick structure that can add in widening the base of a tree.

The plants that have buttress roots is

• Avicennia sp

• Bruguiera sp.

• Rhizophora sp.

• Sonneratia sp.

_________________ germinate and grow when they are still on the parent plant

The roots are firmly planted in the soil to support the tree to overcome strong winds and waves.

• stilts roots

• props roots

• buttress roots

Mature mangrove leaves can store salt, which will fall off when the

concentration of salt stored is too _______

• high

• low

When the

plants start to conquer an uninhabited area, breed and form colonies in that area is knows as

• succession

• colonisation

A few species of dominant plants in a habitat are gradually being replaced by other species is known as

• colonisation

• succeesion