Species on Fraser Island include:

• Aegiceras corniculatum - River Mangrove
• Avicennia marina - Grey Mangrove
• Bruguiera gymnorrhiza - Orange Mangrove
• Ceriops tagal - Yellow Mangrove
• Excoecaria agallocha - Blind-your-eye Mangrove??
• Rhizophora stylosa - Red Mangrove
• Xylocarpus granatum - Cannonball Mangrove

Identifying Mangrove species:

• form of the trunk
• presence of above-ground roots
• shape of leaves
• flowers & fruits
• bark
• presence of salt on leaves
• smell of leaves

Rhizophora stylosa

Ceriops tagal