spiky | splash
A bit of beach tumbleweed like thing (spikey flower heads) from the sand dune plants.
Round autumn the spiky seed heads are blown along the beach until they get trapped. Then the sand buries the seed balls which then release its seeds to restart the cycle of growth and dispersion. If the heads are trapped where they become saturated by the tide they breakup and these bits are then carried to other suitable areas to germinate.
Thus ends the lesson.
Taken at Himatangi beach, NZ.
>> Here are more of my beach finds on flickr :-)
spiky | splash
A bit of beach tumbleweed like thing (spikey flower heads) from the sand dune plants.
Round autumn the spiky seed heads are blown along the beach until they get trapped. Then the sand buries the seed balls which then release its seeds to restart the cycle of growth and dispersion. If the heads are trapped where they become saturated by the tide they breakup and these bits are then carried to other suitable areas to germinate.
Thus ends the lesson.
Taken at Himatangi beach, NZ.
>> Here are more of my beach finds on flickr :-)