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How do mangroves grow?

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Mangroves produce from their trunks aerial roots that become embedded in the mud and form a tangled network; this serves both as a prop for the tree and as a means of aerating the root system. Such roots also form a base for the deposit of silt and other material carried by the tides, and thus land is built up which is gradually invaded by other vegetation... Some mangrove species lack prop roots but have special pores on their branching root system for obtaining air.

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