Species Henry’s Island Sagar South Chemaguri Gosaba Canning Sonneratia apetala ++ ++ ++ + + Avicennia alba ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Avicennia marina ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Avicennia officinalis ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Excoecaria agallocha + + ++ ++ ++ Bruguiera gymnorrhiza + + + _ _ Aegiceros rotundifolia + + + _ _ Ceriops tagal + + + _ _ ++ Highly abundant; + available; - absent

Table 3: Composition of mangrove flora in the selected stations.