**3.2 Vegetation cover**

The study also included the description of the vegetation in and around the wetland. It showed that the mangrove swamp in Ijala-Ikeren wetland is covered by three species of *Rhizophora* (red mangrove): *Rhizophora racemosa*, *R. harrisonii* and *R. mangle*. (**Table 2**). Other flora species found were *Avicennia africana* (white mangrove), *Eichhornia crassipes* (water hyacinth) which occurred on the fringes of mangrove swamp floating in the pond and *Pandanus candelabrum* (**Table 2**).
