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Rhizophora mangle or mangrove, 1978



Title: Rhizophora mangle or mangrove
Projection: Unknown
Source Bounding Coordinates:
W: -88 E: -80 N: 31.5 S: 24

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Description: This is a map showing the distribution of the Rhizophora mangle or mangrove in Florida. "Silt shores of coasts and islands of n. to s. Florida incl. Florida Keys w. to Marquesas Key and Dry Tortugas, n. on e. coast to Flagler Co. and on w. coast to Cedar Keys, Levy Co., and at Piney Is., Wakulla Co., local n. and not hardy. Also widely distributed on coasts of tropical America from Bermuda and Bahamas through West Indies incl. P.R. and V.I. From n. Mexico s. on Atlantic coast to Brazil and on Pacific coast to Ecuador incl. Galapagos Is. and nw. Peru. Also on coasts of w. Africa and in Melanesia and Polynesia." —Elbert L. Little, Jr. For more information, read the introduction to the Atlas of United States Trees Vol. 5 Florida.
Source: Elbert L. Little, Jr., Atlas of United States Trees Volume 5 Florida (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1978)
Map Credit: United States Government Printing Office
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