New Zealand Plants

DSC_4248 Beach spinifex, or kowhangatara (Spinifex sericeus) detail of detatched female seed heads, or 'tumbleweeds'. An important pioneer species which colonises coastal dunes, binding loose sand with its horizontal runners. Spinifex is the main indigenous dune grass through the North Island and the upper part of the South Island. Karikari Bay, Northland *

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DSC_4248 Beach spinifex, or kowhangatara (Spinifex sericeus) detail of detatched female seed heads, or 'tumbleweeds'. An important pioneer species which colonises coastal dunes, binding loose sand with its horizontal runners. Spinifex is the main indigenous dune grass through the North Island and the upper part of the South Island. Karikari Bay, Northland *

DSC 4248 Beach spinifex kowhangatara Spinifex sericeus female seedhead detached tumbleweed Karikari Bay Northland