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Avicennia germinans (Linnaeus) Linnaeus. Black Mangrove, Mangle Blanco. Phen: (Jan-) Jul-Aug (-Dec). Hab: Brackish and salt marshes and swamps, in tidal flats and lagoons. Dist: Scattered on the Gulf Coast in FL peninsula (Dixie county southward on the west coast, St. Johns County southward on the east coast), Panhandle FL (Franklin and Taylor counties), s. MS, s. AL, s. LA, and se. TX, southward into the West Indies and Tropical America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Bah, Fl6, GW2, K1, K3, K4, SFla, Tx, WH3; = Avicennia nitida Jacq. – S

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily: 5

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