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black mangrove
(redirected from Avicennia germinans)

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Noun1.black mangrove - an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida
Aegiceras, genus Aegiceras - a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2.black mangrove - a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coastblack mangrove - a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground
blackwood tree, blackwood - any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
Avicennia, genus Avicennia - small genus of tropical shrubs or trees


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The white mangrove belongs to the family Combretaceae, while the black mangrove belongs to the family Verbeizaceae and is classified as Avicennia germinans.
Most WNV seropositive equines were located in evergreen forests characterized by a low altitude ([less than or equal to] 100 m) and intensive farming of sugar cane in the vicinity of mangroves (Rhizophora mangle, Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa, Conocarpus erectus), back mangroves (marshy forests with Pterocarpus spp.
commutata, 1989 Yellow, Betula alleghaniensis, 252 76 1983 BLACK - MANGROVE Avicennia germinans, 1996 101 43 BLACKBEAD Ebony, Pithecellobium 173.
 
 
 
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