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FIG. 27. Sonneratia alba a t Quissanga (lat. 12"S.), Moqarnbique, growing in a sheltered
bay which is very quiet and with little or no freshwater influence. (July 1967.)
may grow to seaward of the avicennia fringe. These trees grow at such
a level that some of them are wetted daily. They lie below the level of
high water of the lowest neaps. I n many places where this zone occurs,
but not in all, saplings may grow beyond and push the outer edge
further seaward.
Hardly ever are Sonneratia alba and S. grifithii
to be found growing
FIG. 28. t3onneratia alba in the Bako National Park, Sarawak; elderly trees under quite
strong wave action at high tide; there is very little regeneration here. (January 1967.)
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FIG. 27. Sonneratia alba a t Quissanga (lat. 12"S.), Moqarnbique, growing in a sheltered
bay which is very quiet and with little or no freshwater influence. (July 1967.)
may grow to seaward of the avicennia fringe. These trees grow at such
a level that some of them are wetted daily. They lie below the level of
high water of the lowest neaps. I n many places where this zone occurs,
but not in all, saplings may grow beyond and push the outer edge
further seaward.
Hardly ever are Sonneratia alba and S. grifithii
to be found growing
FIG. 28. t3onneratia alba in the Bako National Park, Sarawak; elderly trees under quite
strong wave action at high tide; there is very little regeneration here. (January 1967.)