Many coastal
walking trails skirt thick mangrove forests
with their impenetrable interlocking root system.
Found
on the sheltered side of an island, mangrove forests
provide an important nursery for many species of crab, shrimp
and fish.
They
also seem to house great quantities of mosquitoes,
most active early and late in the day.
Mangrove
leaves are thick and evergreen, and the trees vary
tremendously in height from only several feet tall to 20
feet or more.
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