DSC_4638 Beach spinifex, or kowhangatara (Spinifex sericeus) detail of detatched female seed head, or 'tumbleweed'. 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. Pakiri Beach
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 *
11009-64805 Beach spinifex (Spinifex sericeus) 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. Here sunlit female seedheads stand out in the afternoon light. Bowentown