Sea Forest "Mangrove

Mangrove Nature Reserve, 84 km coastline, an area of 4,000 hectares, cross-Haikou Meilan District play Fengzhen, Sanjiang Farm, three Town, Wenchang City, the Law and the junction of bean farm, from the Haikou Meilan International Airport 12 kilometers away from Haikou city about 30 km.
Mangrove Nature Reserve, a period in 1980 approved the establishment of the Guangdong Provincial Government, this is China's first protected area of mangrove. July 9, 1986 by the State Council for examination for promotion as a national nature reserve. 1992 was included in the "Especially as Waterfowl Habitat Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance" organization in the List of Wetlands of International Importance, is seven to be included in the list of wetlands of international importance of protected areas.
Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve is offshore and coastal wetlands in the mangrove wetlands, the main object of protection for the mangrove and waterfowl.
Mangroves are tropical and subtropical coastal mudflats on the specific plant evergreen shrubs or trees, most tree species belonging to Rhizophoraceae, mangrove ecology as is the ability to grow in sea water on the greens. The world's mangrove forests 81 species of 23 families, 41 species of 23 families in Hainan, up to 10 meters. Many mangroves have the strange "viviparous" propagation phenomenon, the fruit of the seed within the mother trees grown seedlings after germination, together with the fruits fall from the tree, into the mud flats as long as 2 to 3 hours, can grow into new plants. If it falls in water, then follow the crowd, a few months die, every mud will take root.
The growth of the region into a piece of the nation's largest, full range, the best preserved mangrove forests, a total of 16 families and 32 mangrove species, including water, coconut, red racemosa, Sonneratia Hainan, Sonneratia leaf eggs, to be Sonneratia, Melia fruit trees are the mangrove, halogen fern leaf tip for the rare plants. Hainan Sonneratia and sharp leaves of fern is endemic to Hainan with halogen. Communities in this area have mainly gymnorrhiza mangrove communities, sea lotus community, Ceriops tagal community,) marina community, candel community, Rhizophora stylosa community, coconut water, community, halogen fern communities corniculatum community, community racemosa, Rhizophora stylosa + Ceriops tagal community, Ceriops tagal + Aegiceras community, Sonneratia + candel community. Mangroves grow well here, dense jungle. Most of the time, the second day Dongzhaigang tidal coast. Second tide and low tide each month, other times the tide undulating. Low tide you can see the roots of mangroves and mud, the tide can see the mangrove canopy. Tidal fluctuations and the tidal surge was up a small drop, the view not the same. High tide hours, the tidal mangrove tree trunks submerged, revealing only green canopy with wave ripples, as the spectacular "sea forest", a waterfowl wings In the meantime, visitors can take boat deep in the forest. Close view of mangrove, trunk curl, to root staggered, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, according to snuggle cuddle, as long as python, it seems like the lion monkey, like the crane as the eagle, wonderful, bizarre. Top of the tree, dotted with clusters of white, purple, blue, small flowers, especially gorgeous in the sun under Ying Hui. Mangroves are an important symbol of the tropical coast, one can wave revetments, is the ideal place to fish breeding habitat, with important economic value, medicinal and ornamental value.