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§1 Plant
Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
vernacular black mangrove — species · Verbenaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Verbenaceae J. St.-Hil.
- Genus
- Avicennia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 28 counties across 3 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 10 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 328 min.
- Precipitation
- 34–81 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 50 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Indeterminate
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Year Round
- Seed ends
- Year Round
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 28 counties across 3 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Hernando 12053
- Indian River 12061
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AVGE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2925400 ↗Record version
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