Four of the five boroughs correspond to counties that the English etched out when they seized control of the area and created the colony of New York. Their 1683 map includes the counties of New York (Manhattan), Richmond (Staten Island), Kings (Brooklyn), and Queens (Queens, of course).
Mangroves which prefer to be cultivated in water can be cultivated in the water area as shown here freshwater aquarium, mangrove that normally grow a litte bit more land inward as Barringtonia sp., Heritiera littoralis, Nypa fruticans, Pandanus tectorius or the like can be cultivated at the land part of the paludarium.
Mangroves are salt tolerant trees (halophytes) adapted to live in harsh coastal conditions. They contain a complex salt filtration system and complex root system to cope with salt water immersion and wave action. They are adapted to the low oxygen (anoxic) conditions of waterlogged mud.