[HowardtheDuck]

I am a writer working on a novel set partially in Thailand in 1906-1910. I do not have the means to travel to Thailand, unfortunately, and wish to get the details correct. Can anyone tell me if mangrove trees are found along the beaches of Rayong? If not, are banyans?

Thank you.

[voodoosdv]

I don't know about Rayong but usually don't find beaches and Mangroves together. That's why the term Mangrove Swamp is used. Usually the trees are rooted directly into water with the trunk elevated above. The network of roots provide cover for all kinds of juvenile creatures which take advantage of cover and the various food sources one finds in a swamp or marsh.

Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove

Here's another reference I found:

http://www.thaipr.net/nc/readnews.as...5nIFB1cmlmaWVy

BTW: I found these within a few seconds by plugging Rayong and Mangrove into Google

[TOD4wDTQ]

Well for all the reader know even if there are no mangrove trees there now, there might have been some 100 years ago

Writer's freedom: Do you want mangrove or banyans?

[OGOGOogoloshennya]

Or Banyans and Mangroves; Banyans grow on a host tree.

David

[HowardtheDuck]

Thanks, Peterg, for your links. I had seen the Wikipedia link on mangroves and have, of course, used Google extensively for research. My question was about mangroves growing near Rayong's beaches, specifically. I had not seen the thaipr.net link you included and that proved most helpful with the following information: "Employees took turns digging and planting about 1400 small trees in the salt water marsh adjoining the Gulf of Thailand."

I feel safe extrapolating from that information that mangroves did, indeed, border Rayong's beaches 100 years ago.

Sved and David, thanks for the comments about mangroves, banyans, and creative license. It's the little details that bring a story alive, but that also get you into trouble with your readers if they're implausible!