New Zealand Plants

DSC_1346 Cord grass (Spartina sp.) detail of flower heads. An introduced weed which grows vigorously on tidal mud flats, where no other plant establishes. The clumps are very effective at trapping sediments, causing land to build up around them, and destroying natural saltmarsh habitats. Wakouaiti Rivermouth *

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DSC_1346 Cord grass (Spartina sp.) detail of flower heads. An introduced weed which grows vigorously on tidal mud flats, where no other plant establishes. The clumps are very effective at trapping sediments, causing land to build up around them, and destroying natural saltmarsh habitats. Wakouaiti Rivermouth *

DSC 1346 Cord grass Spartina detail flower head introduced weed Wakouaiti River