New Zealand Plants

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

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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 4638 Beach spinifex kowhangatara Spinifex sericeus female seedhead detached tumbleweed Pakiri Beach