HABITAT SEASONAL SUMMARY SHEET

Habitat: Mangrove

Season: Mankala

Plant Life: (Indications of seasonal change, plants growing rapidly, plants flowering, plants fruiting)

Gundurung ( Avicennia marina- light green leaf mangrove) and Lanyjilanyji ( Ceriops tagal- spear pod mangrove) start to flower.

Animal Life: ( Animals seen, young appearing, animals fat and skinny)

Nimanburr (Pteropus alecto- flying fox) rest in the mangroves during the day. Janga (oysters from the Ostreidae family), Bunymin ( Brachidontes ustulatus- hairy mussel), Jirrinygiliny (Anadara granosa- mud cockle) and Wangkaja (Scylla serrata- mangrove crab) are all skinny.

Ngigarangku (mosquitoes from the Culicidae family) and Guburru (marsh flies from the Tabanidae family) are a nuisance.