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Rhizophora mangle L.
Red mangrove

Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Rhizophoraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Rhizophora mangle available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Kim Gabel, UF IFAS Extension Monroe County
Propagule showing damage by the red mangrove borer,
Coccotrypes rhizophorae
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Dennis de Zeeuw
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Dennis de Zeeuw
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Kim Gabel, UF IFAS Extension Monroe County
Propagule showing damage by the red mangrove borer,
Coccotrypes rhizophorae
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Dennis de Zeeuw
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by:
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Rhizophora mangle
Copyright by: George D. Gann