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Mangroves are an example of a halophyte plant.
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Bobo.id – Halophyte plants are plants that live and grow in coastal areas, seas, and environments with high salt content.
Plant mangrove is an example of a halophyte plant.
Usually halophyte plants have strong roots and are half submerged in water. However, this plant can still grow because it is resistant to salt levels.
So, before you know what types of halophyte plants are, you can first understand the general characteristics of these plants.
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Also Read: Why Mangrove Plants Can Survive in Saltwater? #IBacaIKnow
1. Characteristics of Halophyte Plants
The general characteristics of halophyte plants include:
– Has strong roots to survive in environments with high salt content.
– Usually live in tidal areas, so it is often found in a state of half the plants submerged in water.
– Lives in marshes, shorelines, salt lakes and salt meadows.
2. Examples of Halophyte Plants
a. Mangroves or Mangroves
Mangroves are an example of a halophyte plant. Mangroves have strong adventitious roots.
Adventitious roots are roots that grow above the soil surface to get oxygen because halophyte plants are submerged in water.
The habitat of mangroves is on the coast and can live in tropical and sub-tropical areas.
Also Read: Examples of Hygrophytic Plants, Plants that Can Survive in a Humid Environment
b. Lizard Tail
Lizard tail plant is also called anemopsis californica or yerba mansa.
This plant is usually found in some areas of North America, Mexico, and the United States.
Lizard tail habitat is wet soil or shallow water.
This plant has a red hue in the fall, and grows white flowers in the spring.
c. Check the Salt
Salt check is also mentioned saltbush which is a group of plants that live in humid environments.
This plant is resistant to high salt levels because its leaves have the ability to store salt.
Saltbush bush-shaped so called salt bush.
Also Read: Examples of Ferns and Their Characteristics and Structures
d. Salicornia
Salicornia is a type of succulent plant that grows in swamps, beaches, or mangrove forests.
This plant is usually found in North America, Europe, South Africa, and South Asia.
Well, that’s an example of a halophyte plant and its characteristics.
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