Raccoons are mammals that are mostly nocturnal. They are common in wetland areas throughout most of the United States. Raccoons may eat a variety of foods including fruits, insects, frogs, fish, small mammals and birds. A red mangrove and its intricate aerial root system in west lake waters. Red mangroves grow arching and branching prop roots from trunks and drop roots from branches to anchor into the muddy bottom.
Some scientists believe that the exposed roots allow the trees to take in oxygen.
Young red mangrove trees grow among the prop roots of mature red mangroves. These young trees have grown from floating pencil-like propagules, which germinate while attached to the mature mangrove and later fall from the plant to float in the water until they take root. A tangle of red mangroves and their roots at low tide. Mangroves trap mud, leaves and other debris among their roots and trunks. Leaf detail of red mangrove.