Mangroves as Land-Builders 



by E. C. F. Biri^ 



Mmgroves are shrubs and trees 

 m ' gr ow on the tidal shores of 

 LniarlW. mlcts and embaymenlN, in 

 OCtDff protected from strong wave 

 ur current action. In the hunnd 

 ironical environment of north-cast 

 Queensland there are more than a 

 jjogsa mangrove species, arranged in 

 jfljes ,,jrallel to the coastline (Mac 

 ■ m but in Victoria, where 



mincroves reach their southernmost 

 fcrS Corner Inlet 

 ,|,ere is only one species, the White 

 y ;„-..ac {Avkrimiu marina vur. 



shores of Corner Inlet, Shallow In- 

 let, Anderson's Inlet and Western- 

 port Bay, and in the estuary at Bar- 

 won Heads. It formerly grew at a 

 number of sites around Port Phillip 

 Bay. 



In Victoria, mangroves generally 

 form scrub communities up to 8 feet 

 high, at the outer (seaward) edge of 

 sail marshes dominated by Arthroc- 

 ftemum P»d Salkorniu. They are 

 usually fronted by mudflats exposed 

 at low tide which bear little vegeta- 



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