red mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
Spanish: Mangle rojo
Rhizophora mangle, also known as the red mangrove, is a salt-tolerant, small-to-medium sized evergreen tree restricted to coastal, estuarine ecosystems along the southern portions of North America, the Caribbean as well as Central America and tropical West Africa. Its viviparous "seeds", in actuality called propagules, become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree. These are dispersed by water until eventually embedding in the shallows.
- 2026-04-26 — observation by naturazihua-24
- 2026-04-26 — observation by olgajudith
- 2026-04-26 — observation by alex_nava_hernandez
- 2025-07-27 — observation by antonio_perez2
- 2025-07-23 — observation by adrian_mora
- 2025-05-24 — observation by demian27
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Cite as: “red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/rhizophora-mangle/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.