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Indomalayan

Palmas nipa apiñadas en un canal de marea en el delta del Mekong, Vietnam.

Foto de la región - Luis Argerich from Buenos Aires, Argentina / Wikimedia Commons - CC BY 2.0; attribution required.

Indochina mangroves

Los manglares de Indochina orlan las costas tropicales del golfo de Tailandia a través de Tailandia, Camboya y Vietnam, y hasta Malasia, con sus mayores masas supervivientes en el delta del Mekong, en el sur de Vietnam. Son bosques de mangle mareales clásicos, moldeados por la inundación periódica con agua salobre y salada, donde la vegetación se ordena por salinidad: la pionera Avicennia alba bordea la orilla abierta y da paso, tierra adentro, a Rhizophora apiculata y Bruguiera parviflora, mientras que las zonas de agua dulce, menos salinas, sostienen Avicennia officinalis, Sonneratia caseolaris y las palmeras Nypa fruticans y Phoenix paludosa. El cocodrilo de estuario, o marino, es la especie emblemática, y los bosques que quedan dan cobijo a aves acuáticas raras, como el marabú menor, el pato de alas blancas y el pelícano oriental. Buena parte de este hábitat se ha perdido, sin embargo, desde la defoliación del delta del Mekong durante la guerra hasta su conversión continua en estanques de camarón, de modo que muy poco de la ecorregión está formalmente protegido. Para los jardineros, la palmera de manglar autóctona Nypa fruticans es un pariente hortícola notable de la flora de palmeras indomalaya más amplia.

RESOLVE 319

Indomalayan

10,388 sq mi

Mangroves

Tipo de paisaje

Mangroves

Región vegetal

Indomalayan

Huella de la región

10,388 sq mi

Presión sobre el hábitat

Nature Imperiled (Dinerstein NNH 4)

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Usa esto como el patrón general de plantación para la región: Bosques costeros de marea formados por árboles tolerantes a la sal, enraizados en estuarios y litorales resguardados de los trópicos y subtrópicos. Los manglares protegen las costas de las tormentas, almacenan grandes cantidades de carbono y sirven de criadero para peces y mariscos. Para las decisiones de jardín, acota según las restricciones de luz, agua, suelo y tamaño maduro de tu sitio.

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Manglares bajos en aguas someras de marea en Keti Bandar, delta del Indo, Pakistán.

RESOLVE 320 - Indomalayan

Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves

This mangrove ecoregion fringes the Arabian Sea coast of Sindh Province in Pakistan, where the Indus River builds a vast alluvial delta, and extends to the Gulfs of Kutch and Khambhat in Gujarat, India. Its forests are overwhelmingly dominated by the grey or white mangrove (Avicennia marina), a species that tolerates exceptionally high salinity, with red mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) and Indian mangrove (Ceriops tagal) appearing on small patches of higher ground. The climate is harsh and arid, swinging from near-freezing winters to summer temperatures around 50 degrees Celsius, with most rain confined to the southwest monsoon between July and September and very high evaporation that keeps the tidal flats intensely saline. These mangroves form one of the world's largest such forests and serve as a critical staging area for tens of thousands of migratory birds, including greater flamingos and the ecoregion's flagship Dalmatian pelican. The habitat faces serious pressure from reduced Indus freshwater flow, pollution and oil spills near Karachi, and cutting for fuelwood and grazing.

RESOLVE 321 - Indomalayan

Myanmar Coast mangroves

The Myanmar Coast mangroves fringe the eastern rim of the Bay of Bengal, spanning Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Malaysia, with the richest concentrations in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) delta and the Rakhine and Tanintharyi coasts. These tidal forests are dominated by classic Indo-Pacific mangrove genera such as Rhizophora, Bruguiera, Sonneratia, Avicennia, and Xylocarpus, alongside the nipa palm (Nypa fruticans) and the mangrove date palm (Phoenix paludosa). The setting is built on alluvial silt deposited by the Ayeyarwady, one of the world's most sediment-laden rivers, whose delta is composed largely of washed-down alluvium. Notably, the ecoregion holds one of the highest mangrove-tree species richnesses of any mangrove region in the Indian Ocean and serves as habitat for the critically endangered four-toed terrapin (Batagur baska), its flagship species. It is also one of Asia's most depleted mangrove areas, heavily reduced by logging and conversion to agriculture, making the surviving forests a conservation priority. For gardeners, the palms native here, the nipa and the mangrove date palm, are striking tropical, salt- and water-tolerant ornamentals.

RESOLVE 322 - Indomalayan

Sunda Shelf mangroves

The Sunda Shelf mangroves fringe the coasts of Borneo and eastern Sumatra, spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei in the Indomalayan realm. These tidal forests hold around 28 species of mangrove trees, organized into bands that shift with salinity: Avicennia and Sonneratia colonize the seaward sediments, Rhizophora and Bruguiera take the inland muds, and stands of the Nypa fruticans palm occupy fresher soils farther upstream. The coastline sits along the geologically active Ring of Fire, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are frequent and the mangroves serve as a first line of defense against erosion and wave surges. The forests are also notable habitat for the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), which is endemic to the Bornean mangroves and adjacent lowlands and absent from Sumatra. About half of the original mangroves remain, most of it degraded, with logging, shrimp farming, and clearance for agriculture the leading threats. For gardeners drawn to tropical waterside planting, the nipa palm (Nypa fruticans) is among the genera native to this region.

RESOLVE 323 - Indomalayan

Sundarbans mangroves

The Sundarbans mangroves form the world's largest contiguous mangrove forest, spanning the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta across southern Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. The forest is dominated by the sundri tree (Heritiera fomes), from which it takes its name, alongside other salt-tolerant genera including Avicennia, Sonneratia, Xylocarpus, Bruguiera, Ceriops, and Rhizophora, with the nipa palm (Nypa fruticans) lining its tidal creeks. Its climate is governed by strong monsoons off the Bay of Bengal that deliver heavy rainfall and intense daytime heat, punctuated by destructive cyclones. The ecoregion is the only mangrove system that sustains a viable population of the Bengal tiger, which swims among its islands, and its protected areas are inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Gardeners drawn to its flora will recognize coastal genera such as Sonneratia and the architectural nipa palm, both native to these intertidal forests.

RESOLVE 611 - Neotropic

Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves

The Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves form a vast coastal ecoregion in the Neotropics, fringing the Caribbean shores of Colombia and Venezuela and the Atlantic coasts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northeastern Brazil, including the Brazilian states of Amapá, Pará, and Maranhão. Shaped by the outflow of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, its tidal wetlands are dominated by salt-tolerant mangroves such as Rhizophora racemosa and Avicennia schaueriana, alongside green buttonwood and the familiar red, white, and black mangroves. The climate is equatorial and fully humid, with year-round warmth roughly between 22 and 31 degrees Celsius and abundant rainfall averaging around 2,500 millimetres annually. These constantly flooded forests shelter rich birdlife and wildlife, from the scarlet ibis and American flamingo to giant otters, manatees, and nesting sea turtles, and the ecoregion's flagship is the critically endangered sapphire-bellied hummingbird. Though much of it remains relatively intact, mangrove stands here face mounting pressure from urbanization, pollution, and timber extraction.

RESOLVE 612 - Neotropic

Bahamian-Antillean mangroves

The Bahamian-Antillean mangroves form a Neotropical mangrove ecoregion scattered across the islands of the Caribbean and the western Atlantic, spanning jurisdictions that include Cuba, The Bahamas, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Turks and Caicos, the Cayman Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. Its tidal forests are built from four characteristic salt-tolerant trees: red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), black mangrove (Avicennia germinans), white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa), and buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus). The climate is subtropical and strongly hurricane-exposed, with rainfall declining from the wetter northern islands toward the drier south. These shallow-water forests shelter notable wildlife, serving as habitat for West Indian manatees, marine turtles, and American flamingos, with the Northern Bahamian rock iguana recognized as the ecoregion's flagship species. Coastal tourism development and sea-level rise are leading threats, which matters to gardeners because buttonwood (Conocarpus) native here is among the region's hardiest salt- and wind-tolerant coastal plants.

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Indochina mangroves educator packet

Los manglares de Indochina orlan las costas tropicales del golfo de Tailandia a través de Tailandia, Camboya y Vietnam, y hasta Malasia, con sus mayores masas supervivientes en el delta del Mekong, en el sur de Vietnam. Son bosques de mangle mareales clásicos, moldeados por la inundación periódica con agua salobre y salada, donde la vegetación se ordena por salinidad: la pionera Avicennia alba bordea la orilla abierta y da paso, tierra adentro, a Rhizophora apiculata y Bruguiera parviflora, mientras que las zonas de agua dulce, menos salinas, sostienen Avicennia officinalis, Sonneratia caseolaris y las palmeras Nypa fruticans y Phoenix paludosa. El cocodrilo de estuario, o marino, es la especie emblemática, y los bosques que quedan dan cobijo a aves acuáticas raras, como el marabú menor, el pato de alas blancas y el pelícano oriental. Buena parte de este hábitat se ha perdido, sin embargo, desde la defoliación del delta del Mekong durante la guerra hasta su conversión continua en estanques de camarón, de modo que muy poco de la ecorregión está formalmente protegido. Para los jardineros, la palmera de manglar autóctona Nypa fruticans es un pariente hortícola notable de la flora de palmeras indomalaya más amplia.

Realm

Indomalayan

Dominant biome

Mangroves

Approximate area

10,388 square miles

States / provinces

Not recorded

Climate descriptor

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