New Zealand Plants

DSC_3666 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. Cooks Beach, Mercury Bay *

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DSC_3666 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. Cooks Beach, Mercury Bay *

DSC 3666 Beach spinifex sericeus pioneer plant dune coloniser coastal dunes sand horizontal runners grass Cooks Beach Mercury Bay