FIU Biscayne Bay Campus Natural Trail Mangrove

FIU's Bisca Bay Campus Nature'l rail Florida hasan estimated 196.000 acres of mangrove forests. Florida has 3 species of mangroves and mangrove associate. These are the Red Mangrove (Rhizoph ora manga, Black mangrove Amenniaserminar White mangrove (Lasambria moemos and Buttonwood (Conocapu, erecto. Mangroves can live in unique method for eliminating the salt from saltwater Mangroves serve as habitat and munery for many mportant recreational and commercial fisheries prevent erosion, act as a win d barrier, and provide critical testing habitat (rokenes for coastal birds e typically lou lo sally aler. These trees have propanol len. Red mangrove propagules are the efore being dropped from the tree. Red le salt at the root to pre- vent salt entering the leaves. Rcxt ect against the ellers of humraks, Black mangrove ave root systems that eumatophones, pencil-like lane at are above gro (as see ls on the undersides o ves excrete salt. The white llowers groves appear all year. Flowers are prized y some beekeepers lor the