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Pneumatophores occur in plants of

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Sandy soil
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Saline marshy soil
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Marshy soil
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Water
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Solution

The correct option is D Saline marshy soil
Mangroves grow in salt marshy soil and thus produces pneumatophore, a type of roots grow negatively geotropic for taking in oxygen from the air. They are pencil-like roots that stick up out of the dense, wet ground like snorkels.

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