Josh Clark

They're pretty neat.

And the red mangrove is, I think, anyone who knows about mangroves or has seen a mangrove probably is what they're thinking of as a red mangrove because those roots are just so characteristic and unusual, you know?

Yeah, almost like stalagmites.

And I got that right too, by the way.

That's right.

White mangroves are – it's weird.

I don't understand fully why they're considered mangroves aside from the fact that they must still thrive in brackish or salty water and poor oxygen soil.

That's it.

I guess so, but they grow inland and they have normal shallow root systems like any other terrestrial tree.

But they're still considered mangroves.

Yeah, so if you are, you know, looking at a cross-section of the ocean hitting the land and going inland, you would see at the ocean or at the bay or wherever, red mangroves on the shoreline actually growing into the ocean, depending on where the tide is.

Behind them, you would have the black mangroves on slightly higher ground, and then behind those—

On the highest ground, you would have the white mangroves, and that's what it would look like.

You put it all together, what you have is a mangrove forest, also known as a mangal.

Yeah, that's pretty impressive because, I mean, where are they growing that's twice as salty as ocean water, you know?

I think that's just kind of showing off at that point.

Yeah, you might be right.

Yeah, yeah, I think you've hit upon it.

Okay, so they're not show-offs.

They're just doing what they've got to do.