Sentences with phrase «facultative halophyte»

Red Mangrove: local name «mangle», Mayan name «tap - che»: Rhizophora mangle: Family Rhizophoraceae The red mangrove can tolerate normal marine sea water, hypersaline water (seawater concentrated by evaporation) or fresh to brackish water and is known as a facultative halophyte (it can live in saline water but is not limited to it).