木榄

木榄 Bruguiera gymnorhiza

真红树植物，乔木，树皮黑灰色。叶厚实光滑，花单生红色，有紫红色钟萼筒；胎生，胚轴墨绿色，粗短壁直，成熟后尖端变红。具有发达膝状呼吸根，多分散于高潮位的陆缘区域。

Tree, bark dark gray. The leaves are thick and smooth, the flowers are solitary red, with purple bell calyx tube; viviparous, the hypocotyl is dark green, the stubby wall is straight, and the tip turns red when mature. It has developed geniculate respiratory roots and is mostly scattered in the continental margin area at high tide level.

秋茄

秋茄 Kandelia obovata 

常绿灌木或小乔木，具板状根。叶长椭圆形，厚革质，叶面富光泽；花白色，5瓣；胎生，果实圆锥形，胚轴细长，长可达25厘米。秋茄树是最耐寒的品种，在我国分布最广，最北可到浙江，多为于群落外缘。

Evergreen shrubs or small trees, with plank buttresses root. Leaves long-elliptic, thickly leathery and glossy. 5 calyx lobes.The fruit develops within the calyx tube.Long cylindrical propagule or hypocotyl in club-shaped and measures 25 cm long. The most hardy species and the most widely distributed in China, more often found in the back mangrove forests.

白骨壤

白骨壤 Avicennia marina 

又名海榄雌，乔木或灌木，因枝干灰白色而得名“白骨壤”。叶革质有光泽，几乎没有叶柄，上下两面都具有盐腺。花细小，黄色；隐胎生，果近球状，可食用。指状呼吸根最发达，常生于滩涂前缘，为深圳本地先锋种。

Shrub or tree.Also named "海榄雌（Hai Lan Ci) " in Chinese(white mangrove in Eng.). Barh light gray or whitish. Leaves leathery and glossy, almost  petiolesless.with salt glands on both upper and lower sides.Flowers small,Creamy   yellow.Fruit oval and edible. Extensive underground root system with pencil-shaped breathing roots,sticking up out of the leading edge mudflat.Native pioneer mangrove of Shenzhen .

桐花树

桐花树 Aegiceras corniculatum

灌木或小乔木。叶子顶端圆形或微凹，盐腺分布于表面，泌盐现象明显。伞形花序，花白色，盛开时如圆锥状。隐胎生，胚轴小巧弯曲如新月，又名“蜡烛果”。具有较强的耐盐能力，多分布于中低潮带。

Shrubs or small trees. Leathery leaf blades oval, apex retuse,  with salt glands on the surface, often encrusted with salt crystals.  Flowers umbel ,white ,cone-like when in full bloom. Crytopetalous, with a small, curved embryonic axis like a crescent, also known as the  "candle fruit". Highly resistant to flooding, mostly grow in low and medium tidal zones.

红海榄

红海榄 Rhizophora stylosa 

红树科常绿乔木或灌木，具发达的支柱根；胎生方式繁殖。红海榄多见于河口外侧盐度较高的红树林中内滩，是最典型的演替中期种类。对温度、潮位、盐度和土壤的适应性广，树型优美，支柱根发达，抗风浪冲击力强，是我国最具代表性的红树植物种类，更是我国红树林人工造林的优良树种。

Rhizophoraceae evergreen trees or shrubs, with developed prop roots.The fruit develops within the calyx tube. Rhizophora stylosa is commonly found in the inner shoals of mangrove with high salinity outside the river mouth, and it is the most typical species in the middle stage of succession. It has a wide adaptability to temperature, tide level, salinity, and soil, beautiful tree types, well-developed pillar roots, and strong resistance to wind and wave impact. It is the most representative species of mangrove plants in China and also an excellent tree species for artificial afforestation of mangrove in China.

卤蕨

卤蕨 Acrostichum aureum

多年生蕨类植物，高可达2米。成熟叶片上有褐色孢子囊群。适应性强，生长速度快，多分布于盐度适中的高潮带林下或岸边泥滩

Perennial mangrove fern, up to 2m tall. Mature fronds bear brown sporangia on the upper parts. Highly adaptable, fast-growing,mostly grow in  moderately saline hige-tide mangrove understories or shore mudflats.