What do plants have to adapt to in order to live in a mangrove swamp?

Answer 1

Plants must adapt to salt water or fresh water (or even both), living in water, sand, dirt, having little sunlight, being in a moist area, and having many insects and animals around to survive in the Mangroves Swamps.

Answer 2

They need to survive 2 stressors - flooding (anoxia) and salt Active transport of salt at the roots (salt exclusion) is the primary adaptive feature, often in combination with water conserving strategies: leaf succulence, high leaf turnover, osmoregulatory compounds in the leaf.

To survive flooding, which causes low oxygen in the root zone, needed for roots to respire, they have aerial root structures with gas-exchange vessels (lenticles) that ounmp oxygen to the root zone.

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Answer 3

Plants in mangrove swamps must adapt to saline conditions, periodic flooding by salt water, and low oxygen levels in the soil. They often have specialized root systems to aid in respiration and anchorage, as well as mechanisms to excrete excess salt.

Answer 4

mangroves live in swampy areas which tend to be sunny. and swamps are usually wet or at least damp. that's all they need