-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Nances, Willows, and Allies (Order Malpighiales)

-Mangroves Family (Rhizophoraceae)

-True Mangroves (Genus Rhizophora)

-Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

Red mangroves, which are broad-leaved evergreen trees, are easily identified by their remarkable aboveground prop roots that transport air to their waterlogged belowground roots. In the tropics, red mangroves grow to more than 80 feet (24 meters) in height. In the U.S., however, the trees rarely grow beyond 20 feet (6 meters), which gives them a shrub-like appearance.