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Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
White Mangrove

Reference
Denkschr.Kaiserl.Acad.Wiss.,Wien.Math.-Naturwiss.Kl. 61:435 (1907)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Mangrove shrub or tree, 1.5-6(-16) m high. Fl. orange, Nov to Dec or Jan to Mar. Inter-tidal zone of muddy or sandy flats in estuaries.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 September 1999
Image

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Cape Range, Fitzroy Trough, Geraldton Hills, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Perth, Pindanland, Roebourne, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Canning, Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Bunbury, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Karratha, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Wyndham-East Kimberley.