REED CANARY GRASS COMMON NAMES: Reed canary grass, ribbon grass, and gardenerâs garters SCIENTIFIC NAME: Phalaris arundinacea Phalaris is Greek for grass with shiny spikelets. In Latin âarundoâ is reed and the ending âaceaâ is âresemblance,â making arundinacea or âreed-like.â DISTRIBUTION: Native to Europe, reed canary grass has been speculated as being also indigenous to Asia and parts of North America. In the U.S., it is now present in 43 states.
Mangroves are a group of trees and shrubs that live in the coastal intertidal zone. Mangrove forest in Loxahatchee, Florida. There are about 80 different species of mangrove trees. All of these trees grow in areas with low-oxygen soil, where slow-moving waters allow fine sediments to accumulate.Mangrove forests only grow at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot withstand freezing temperatures.Many mangrove forests can be recognized by their dense tangle of prop roots that make the trees appear to be standing on stilts above the water.here are about 80 different species of mangrove trees. All of these trees grow in areas with low-oxygen soil, where slow-moving waters allow fine sediments to accumulate.
[from the online Webster -- 1st link] So, the original true mangrove is Rhizophora mangle (see 2nd & 3rd links) but the name is now applied to other small trees that live in salty water. Source(s): http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/mangrove http://www.bogos.uni-osnabrueck.de/expo/...he trees grow along salt water shores. The roots of mangrove trees are adventitious and produced from the stem so the roots of the tree are visible above the soil surface.