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Mangroves

This gallery features photographs of mangroves, the tidal forests that occur on tropical coastlines, and some of the wildlife occurring in them.

Red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle)
Red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) reflected in water at high tide, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic
Mangroves (Avicennia marina)
Mangroves (Avicennia marina) with pneumatophores at sunset, Roebuck Bay, near Broome, Western Australia, Australia
Buttresses of nato mangroves (Mora megistosperma)
Buttresses of nato mangroves (Mora megistosperma), Utria National Park, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia
Stilt roots of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle)
Stilt roots of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic
Spurred or yellow mangroves (Ceriops tagal)
Spurred or yellow mangroves (Ceriops tagal) at low tide, Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung Country Park, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Stilt roots of mangroves (Rhizophora racemosa) at low tide
Stilt roots of mangroves (Rhizophora racemosa) at low tide in the delta of the Volta River, east of Accra, Ghana.
Piñuelo mangroves (Pelliciera rhizophorae)
Piñuelo mangroves (Pelliciera rhizophorae) at high tide, Utria National Park, Pacific Coast, Colombia.
CO02138 Snails on pinuelo mangr ove (Pelliciera rhizophorae)
Snails on piñuelo mangrove (Pelliciera rhizophorae), Utria National Park, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia
Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), female in mangrove tree
Female proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) sitting in a mangrove tree (Rhizophora apiculata), Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo.
Mangroves (Kandelia obovata) at low tide at the mouth of the Kurjo River, Yakushima Island copy
Mangroves (Kandelia obovata) at low tide at the mouth of the Kurjo River, Yakushima Island, Japan.
Mangrove with 'knee' pneumatophores (Bruguiera sexangula)
Mangrove with 'knee' pneumatophores (Bruguiera sexangula) and stilt roots of a mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) at low tide, Sembilang National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Mangrove (Sonneratia alba)
Mangrove (Sonneratia alba) with pneumatophores at low tide, north of Mangily, southwest Madagascar.
Great white egret (Casmerodius albus)
Great white egret (Casmerodius albus) & mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), La Tovara wetland, Nayarit, México
Sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sanctus) on mangrove (Rhizophora sp.)
Sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sanctus) on mangrove (Rhizophora sp.), near Goro, South Province, New Caledonia
Stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa)
Stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa) at sunset, Gadji, Dumbea Bay, South Province, New Caledonia
Male green iguana (Iguana iguana)
Male green iguana (Iguana iguana) on the stilt root of a red mangrove (Rhizxophora mangle), Punta Patiño Nature Reserve, Darien Province, Panama.
Mangrove (Avicennia alba)
Mangrove (Avicennia alba), Phang-Nga Bay, Ao Phang-Nga National Park, Phang-Nga Province, Thailand.
Giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)
Giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri) on the stilt root of a mangrove (Rhizophora sp.), Phang-Nga Bay, Ao Phang-Nga National Park, Phang-Nga Province, Thailand.
Pneumatophores of mangroves (Sonneratia caseolaris) with stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa) behind, at low tide, Phang-Nga Bay, Ao Phang-Nga National Park, Phang-Nga Province, Thailand.
Pneumatophores of mangroves (Sonneratia caseolaris) with stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa) behind, at low tide, Phang-Nga Bay, Ao Phang-Nga National Park, Phang-Nga Province, Thailand.
Crab on the trunk of a white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa)
Crab on the trunk of a white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa), Utria National Park, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia
mangrove propagule hypocotyl japan yakushima
Raindrops on the propagule or hypocotyl of a mangrove (Kandelia obovata) at the mouth of the Kurjo River, Yakushima Island, Japan.
mangrove pneumatophore india
Mangroves with pneumatophores (Avicennia marina) at low tide, Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Marine iguana; Amblyrhynchus cristatus; mangrove; Rhizophora mangle; Galápagos Islands; Ecuador
Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) asleep on the trunk of a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) at Academy Bay, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Mangroves; Rhizophora stylosa; uplifted coral; East New Britain; Papua New Guinea
Stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa) at low tide on uplifted coral near Palmalmal, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
striated heron mangrove india
Striated heron or mangrove heron (Butorides striata) on the stilt root of a mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata), Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
mangrove; stilt roots; restoration: India
Stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora mucronata & Rhizophora apiculata) planted as part of a mangrove restoration project, Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu, India.

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