SAND DUNES
Just a few hundred metres
up the beach from North Bendalong is one of the most classic of sand dune
arrangements, all in just 80 metres from the high tide mark.
Students are encouraged to
look at the changing chemical and physical conditions as the biological
structure changes from the water mark to the climax forest behind the dunes.
There are great examples of
spinifex, pig face, coastal wattle, lomandra, coastal ti tree, coastal
banksia and eucalypt (with an understorey of blueberry ash). |
Nerringillah
Ecology Centre
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Students will begin to appreciate
the significance of retaining the foredune vegetation for the continuing
health of the whole of the dunes.
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