在祖国的南方海边,白浪滔天,潮汐起伏,海滩上风景优美。一般说来,海滩上是不能生长树林的。可是在华南一带的沿海,却生长着稠密的海底森林,景色别致,这就是华南沿海特有的红树林(图1)。最近在福建的海岸和内河区域,发现了大批的海底森林。这些森林,平时只能从海平面上看到丛密的树冠(图2)。潮水退去了以后,可以看到树林的全貌,大约有几千万株。在福建同安县的一个广阔的海滩上,有将近一千亩的海底森林,普通都有四丈左右的高度,这就是著名的红树林。 On the southern coast of the motherland, the white sea is full of waves, and the beaches are beautiful. In general, no trees can grow on the beach. However, in the coastal areas of South China, dense seabed forests are growing, and the scenery is unique. This is the unique mangrove along the South China coast (Figure 1). Recently, a large number of submarine forests have been found in the coastal and inland areas of Fujian. In these forests, the dense canopy can only be seen from the sea level (Figure 2). After the tide has receded, you can see the full picture of the forest, about tens of millions of plants. In a vast beach in Tongan County, Fujian, there are nearly a thousand acres of submarine forests, usually about four feet high, which is the famous mangrove.