### id253494222 mangroves excrete salt > Many mangrove species survive by filtering out as much as 90 percent of the salt found in seawater as it enters their roots. Some species excrete salt through glands in their leaves. These leaves, which are covered with dried salt crystals, taste salty if you lick them. A third strategy used by some mangrove species is to concentrate salt in older leaves or bark. When the leaves drop or the bark sheds, the stored salt goes with them. - [View Highlight](https://amnh.org/explore/videos/biodiversity/mangroves-the-roots-of-the-sea/what-is-a-mangrove?__readwiseLocation=1%2F1%2F9%2F1%2F3%2F1%2F9%2F3%2F31%3A105%2C1%2F1%2F9%2F1%2F3%2F1%2F9%2F3%2F31%3A542#:~:text=Many%20mangrove%20species%20survive%20by%2Cstored%20salt%20goes%20with%20them.) - [[What is a Mangrove And What Does It Do#id253494222 mangroves excrete salt|View in Vault]]