Mangroves

  

    There are three different types of Mangroves, White, Black, and Red Mangroves.  Each one is very different and its not because of their color.   For one thing thier habitats are different, While all Mangroves live in salt water, Red mangroves can live up to a foot deep in water while the Black ones can only live a couple inches in.  White Mangroves live the farthest away out in the water than any of the three, at the same water level the White Mangroves are at.  Also the names of the plants differ, and some arnt even the color that they say they are.  The Red Mangroves are actually not red but are called red because they produce chemicals called tannins that turn the water and mud a rusty color.  Blacl and white Mangroves though however are named after the color of their bark.                                                                                                                                         Red

         

              Black                                                                                                 White


    Mangroves are very important expecially for the coast lines,   they protect them from wave action because they hold the soil together and prevent coastal erosion.  Also after many and many have grown they create almost like a forest and is home to many creatures.  Mangroves even have many fish living by them almost like a fish nursery.  With these mangrove forest they help fishermen easily catch fish.    We should protect Mangroves because they have many benefits and actually these forest along the shoreline saved lives in 2005 when the tsunami hit Asia. There were no deaths in the areas which had mangrove forests, compared to those areas without, which suffered massive causalities.