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Mangrove Trees: Nama: Anita Nur Rahmadhani Kelas: 9F

Mangrove trees have special aerial and salt-filtering tap roots that allow them to thrive in brackish water. There are several mangrove species found worldwide, with some preferring more or less salinity and proximity to fresh water or shelter from waves. Mangroves have three types of roots - supporting roots that pierce the soil, level-growing roots that twist upward and downward with twists emerging above or below the water, and sub-roots that provide oxygen below the water line as soil builds up.

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Mangrove Trees: Nama: Anita Nur Rahmadhani Kelas: 9F

Mangrove trees have special aerial and salt-filtering tap roots that allow them to thrive in brackish water. There are several mangrove species found worldwide, with some preferring more or less salinity and proximity to fresh water or shelter from waves. Mangroves have three types of roots - supporting roots that pierce the soil, level-growing roots that twist upward and downward with twists emerging above or below the water, and sub-roots that provide oxygen below the water line as soil builds up.

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Nama: Anita Nur Rahmadhani

Kelas: 9F

Mangrove Trees
A mangrove is a tropical maritime tree or shrub of the genus
Rhizophora. Mangroves have special aerial roots and salt-filtering tap
roots that enable them to thrive in brackish water (brackish water is
salty, but not as salty as seawater).
There are several species of mangrove trees found all over the
world. Some prefer more salinity, while others like to be very close
to a large fresh water source (such as a river). Some prefer areas that
are sheltered from waves. Some species have their roots covered
with sea water every day during high tide. Others are more sensitive
to salinity, and grow closer to the shore. Other species grow on dry
land, but are still part of the ecosystem.
Mangroves need to keep their trunk and leaves above the water
line. Yet they also need to be firmly attached to the ground so they
are not moved by waves.
There are three types of mangrove roots that help in this process.
The first is mangrove supports roots which directly pierce the soil.
The next is mangrove level-growing roots which twist upward and
downwards, with the upward twists emerging on the water surface,
and the last is mangrove level-growing roots whose downward twists
(sub-roots) appear on the water surface.
Any part of a root that appears above the water line channels
oxygen to the plant below the water line. Over time as soil begins to
build up, these roots produce additional roots that become
embedded in the soil.

(Taken from Missouri Botanical Garden)

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