Three species of mangroves are found in Florida: the red mangrove, black mangrove, and white mangrove. Typically, red mangroves grow along the water's edge, black mangroves grow on slightly higher elevations than the red mangrove, and white mangroves grow upland from the red and black.hite mangroves are normally found upland of the red and black mangroves. The white mangroves are a bit harder to identify than red or black mangroves, since they don't have any obvious features like prop roots or pneumatophores.