![](images/Grey-MangroveS.jpg)
Grey Mangrove |
![](images/Grey-Mangrove-FlowersS.jpg)
Flowers on a Grey Mangrove
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![](images/Mangrove-HabitatS.jpg)
Enjoying the mangroves |
![](images/Mangrove-leaf-excretingS.jpg)
Underside of a mangrove leaf, showing excreted salt |
![](images/Mangrove-waxy-leavesS.jpg)
Mangrove leaves have a waxy surface |
![](images/PneumataphoresS.jpg)
Pneumatophores |
![](images/mangroves-and-samphireS.jpg)
Mangroves with samphire in the foreground |
![](images/Mangrove-die-backS.jpg)
Mangrove die-back |
![](images/Industry-and-mangrovesS.jpg)
Industry and mangroves |
![](images/Red-mangroveS.jpg)
Red mangroves |
![](images/Avicennia-marina01S.jpg)
Avicennia marina can be up to 100 years old |
![](images/Different-treesS.jpg)
Different trees live in diiferent parts of the
estuary depending on their salt tolerance |
![](images/Pneumatophores01S.jpg)
Pneumatophores provide a great surface area for
algal
growth which in turn provides food for herbivores |
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Pneumatophores bind the mud
and provide bank stability
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![](images/BeadweedS.jpg)
Beadweed Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
![](images/Large-egret-Egretta-albaS.jpg)
Large egret Egretta alba |
![](images/Green-back-crabS.jpg)
Green back crab Sesarma erythrodactyla |
![](images/Semaphore-crabS.jpg)
Semaphore crab Heloecious cordifromis |
![](images/Dusty-flatheadS.jpg)
Dusty flathead |
![](images/Oysters-white-tube-wormsS.jpg)
Oysters and white tube worms filter feeding
at the mouth of the estuary |
![](images/Australian-pelicanS.jpg)
Australian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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Mangrove images courtesy Kerrie Trees, Adventure Education www.adventureeducation.edu.au and Verity Bone, DEH. |