Northern Mariana Islands

Vegetation description

Mangrove ecosystem is developed exclusively on Saipan Island, and it includes Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Heritiera littoralis and Xylocarpus moluccensis.

Falanruw, M. C., T. G. Cole and A. H. Ambacher. 1989. Vegetation survey of Rota, Tinian, and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Pac. SW Forest and Range Expt. Stn. Resource Bulletin PSW-27. 11 pp. plus map.
Mueller-Dombois, D. & F.R. Fosberg. 1998. Vegetation of the tropical Pacific Islands. Springer-Verlang, New York 733 pp.

National level mangrove area estimates

Year	Area (ha)	Source	Trend	Methodology/Comments
1984	7	Falanruw, M. C., T. G. Cole and A. H. Ambacher. 1989. Vegetation survey of Rota, Tinian, and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Pac. SW Forest and Range Expt. Stn. Resource Bulletin PSW-27. 11 pp. plus map.	X	Aerial photographs and ground checking

Trends in mangrove area extent over time

The estimates for 1980, 1990 and 2000 are based on expert estimate.