Included here is the island of Taiwan and the Sakishima Islands.

Taiwanese Littoral Forest

Typical of many mangrove forests in this part of the world, Rhizophora mucronata and Bruguiera conjugata are two of the more important species, but thickets of Pandanus odoratissimus may also dominate certain tidal swamps.

References

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