红树林是一种分布在热带、亚热带海岸的海湾或河流出口处的淤泥质滩涂和冲积盐土上,以红树科植物为主的常绿灌木或小乔木植物群落.这里的生长环境非常特殊,能够适应的植物种类非常有限,红树科是主要的代表植物.另外,在沿海滩涂红树林中还有一些不属于红树科植物的树种.全世界总共约有120种红树林树种,植物学家将这些生长于半咸水环境的植物构成的群落都称为红树林. Mangroves are evergreen shrubs or small tree communities dominated by mangroves on muddy beaches and alluvial soils at the gulf or river outlet on tropical and subtropical coasts, where the growth environment is very special, The species of plants that can be accommodated are very limited, and the mangroves are the main representative plant species. There are also some species not belonging to the mangroves in mangrove forests along the beach. There are about 120 species of mangrove trees in the world, including botany The community of plants that grow in brackish water is called mangroves.