Study on Different Methods in Plantation, Growth and Survival Patterns of Avicennia marina Forestation

ABSTRACT Mangrove forests are among most scare woodlands word wild in Iran. Since this forest are located in hot and dry lands on the contrary to the usual establishment of mangroves mostly on tropical and rainy regions across the world. Thus study on adaptation of species forming these forests specifically mangroves and determination of best culturing area to expand them as well as defining most suitable culturing distance from the sea to seacoast in the limits of tidal area are considered. This plan was performed in Hormozgan province (Gheshm island) by planting seedlings of mangrove. Present study was performed using an experimental plan in completely randomized design with 3 major treatments in 3 replications in the middle of a tidal area. So that , water low limit counter line (full low water) and water high limit counter line (full high water)were considered and examination design was applied between these two limits . Studied properties are including seedling diameters (height, diameter) number of seedling in each treatment, number of branches, biomass and examination of greenness and survival which performed in certain time interval. Results indicated that there was no significant relationship between quantitative parameters such as diameter (d), height (h) and slenderness coefficient (d/h) with 3 studied treatment during this design period .Among two qualitative parameters of greenness , first parameter with direct relation to greenness indicates significant relationship to 3 above mentioned treatments, the rate of this relationship in regular treatment is higher than random treatment and it is higher in random treatment and it is higher I random treatment than clustered treatment