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Mangroves

Dead mangrove forest

Dead mangrove forest

This mangrove forest died when the adjacent land was filled and the soil was unable to drain properly. The water level rose, suffocated the roots, and killed the trees.

A small patch of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) Mangrove forest cleared for a container yard Dead mangrove forest A black mangrove seedling (Avicennia germinans) takes root on a fallen log A red mangrove seedling (Rhizophora mangle) Larvae of stem-boring beetles (Coccotrypes rhizophorae) inside a hollowed out chamber in a red mangrove propagule A stem-boring beetle (Coccotrypes rhizophorae) has chewed its way into a red mangrove propagule leaving behind a gooey trail of pulp A female woodnymph hummingbird has built her nest of lichen and spider webs less than a meter off the ground in a red mangrove seedling A spider crawls along the pneumatophores of a black mangrove The tungara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) is a rainforest species sometimes found at the edge of mangrove forests Mushrooms growing in the mangrove forest Lacewings eggs Fiddler crab (Uca sp.) Caterpillar of the Bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) on its host plant, Rattlebox (Crotolaria sp.)