Description: This is a map showing the distribution of the Avicennia germinans or black-mangrove in Florida. "Silt shores of coasts and islands of n. to s. Florida incl. Fla. Keys, n. locally to St. Johns Co. on e. coast and to s. Miss., s. Louisiana, and s. Texas. Also widely distributed on coasts of tropical America from Bermuda and Bahamas through West Indies incl. Puerto Rico and Virgin Is. From n. Mexico s. on Atlantic coast to Brazil and on Pacific coast to Ecuador incl. Galapagos Is. and nw. Peru. The same or a very closely related species on coasts of w. Africa." —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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