Avicennia germinans: Black Mangrove

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Avicennia germinans Black Mangrove
Grows up to 65.
Has special salt excreting glands.
Gets name from its dark brown bark.
Has Highest salt tolerant leaves of all Mangrove
Trees.
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Black Mangrove


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Red Mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
Named for its reddish wood.
Used for as a source of charcoal and tannins.
Grow up to 72 tall
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Red Mangrove Flower
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Button Mangrove
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Conocarpus erectus
Have dark grey bark. Leaves are oval, leathery
and smooth or sharply pointed with salt glands at
the base.
Have green flowers which mature into a round
purple fruit.
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WHITE MANGROVE
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Laguncularia racemosa
White Mangrove grows more into a shrub than a
tree with aerial roots near the water.
Leaves are oblong with light green color with
notched tip.
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Leather Leaf
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Chamaedaphne calyculata
Leaves are flat and are a yellow green
color. The flatness of the leaves help it from
losing a lot of its water to the sun.
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Manzanillo
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Hippomane mancinella
Fruit tree that grows from 16-18 tall.
The sap from the tree can cause dermatitis and
can be fatal if eaten.
Grows on lava fields. Mostly eaten by giant
tortoises.
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PALO SANTO
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Burserea graveolens
The tree limbs are mostly used as incense.
It looses its leaves in the dry season to prevent
water loss.
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PALO VERDE
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Cercidium microphyllum
Long Green leafless stalks.
Arched branches with extremely sharp spines.
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SCALESIA
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Scalesia pendunculata
There twenty different types of Scalesia found on
the Galapagos Islands.
Has bright yellow flowers on it when in bloom.
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FLAME TREE
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Delonix regia

Flowers are brilliant red, the upper petal
streaked with yellow or yellow-and-white lines.
Widely planted as an ornamental