Beach Dune 1 Reference Photos
This is a gallery of beach species found on the ocean side of beach dunes. No need to memorize all this, but it may help you explore. Suggestion: print it and take it to the field with you.
This is a gallery of beach species found on the ocean side of beach dunes. No need to memorize all this, but it may help you explore. Suggestion: print it and take it to the field with you.
Beach Naupaka (Scaevola taccada)
Leaves curled. Berry white. Invasive exotic related to Inkberry.
Leaves curled. Berry white. Invasive exotic related to Inkberry.
Beach Peanut (Okenia hypogaea)
Buries its fruit in the sand. Rare species.
Buries its fruit in the sand. Rare species.
Beachstar (Remirea maritima)
A sedge.
A sedge.
Blolly (Guapira discolor)
A shrub or small tree
A shrub or small tree
Coinvine (Dalbergia ecastaphyllum)
Pea-type flower. Fruit a coin.
Pea-type flower. Fruit a coin.
Seaside Joyweed (Alternanthera maritima)
White papery flower heads.
White papery flower heads.
Sea Lavender (Argusia gnaphalodes)
Shrub four feet tall. Inflorescence curled like a lizard tail.
Shrub four feet tall. Inflorescence curled like a lizard tail.
Sea Purslane (Sesuviun portulacastrum)
Leaves long, narrow, succulent.
Leaves long, narrow, succulent.