Florida Mangroves

What two animals are in a mangrove swamp

• turtles and dolphins

• crabs and alligators

• sharks and horses

• frogs and cuckoos

what soil is used in a mangrove swamp

• marine alluvium

• peat

• mud

• sand

what type of root is a mangrove tree

• tuber

• runner

what is a mangrove swamp

• an area of coastal grassland that is regularly flooded by seawater.

• forests which are inundated with freshwater

• a tidal wetland dominated by saline trees and shrubs

Mangrove seeds become seedlings

• before they leave the parent tree.

• after they leave the parent tree

• while there leaving the parent tree

Mangrove Community Types

• Plants, Mangrove trees, Special soils.

• basin forest, forest, plants, fish

• Overwash forest, fringe forest, basin forest, scrub forest, riverine forest

what kind of weather are mangrove swamps found in

• tropical

• subtropical

• artic

• subarctic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

how many species of mangrove trees are there

• 80

• 90

• 100

• 200

what is the length of an average alligator

• 15-20

• 20-25

• 30-50

• 50-60

found in tropical/subtropical coastlines throughout the world 10,000 in FL

• The Geography OF A Mangrove

• The Physical Part OF A Mangrove

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5