True/False
Red and black mangroves have pore-like structures which are used to absorb oxygen into their roots.
True
Vocabulary List
- Mangal: a community or forest of mangrove trees
- Lenticel: a pore-like structure found on vascular plants that is designed to absorb oxygen and for the exchange of other gases
- Pneumatophore: specialized aerial roots that enable certain plants to breathe air in waterlogged habitats, similar to a snorkel. Black mangroves have pneumatophores, and cypress knees are also considered pneumatophores. The surface of these pneumatophores are covered with lenticels
- Exclusion: keeping apart; blocking an entrance