Eco Academy - Mangroves

Today we learned all about the different types of Mangroves and how to identify them. We went tromping through the marshy mud and saw lots of wildlife as well.

These are the roots of the Black Mangrove. They poke up through the ground like little feelers.





Scout loved looking all over for crabs and spiders and other living things among the muck.

You had to keep a watchful eye overhead so you didn't walk right into the webs of the giant banana spiders that were abundant.

Scout had to give it a try too!

We also saw a big blue crab.


And a ladybug that didn't have any spots.



The red mangrove has long pods and long green leaves.  It also has roots like fingers.

 

 

The Black Mangrove's leaves are white on the underside.  They filter the salt out through their leaves,  You can wrap your fish in black mangrove leaves to flavor it when you are camping.

 

The white mangrove has little nodes above it's leaves where it excretes salt.

 

It's leaves have a heart shape at the top and it's seeds are small and white.