Chapters
Fort Fisher
Sunday, July 11, 2010Melanie Doyle leads us on a walk over the dunes
Sea Turtle Nest w/ Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
sea oats
important dune stabilizer
Iva imbricata
dune marsh-elder
also plays a role in dune stabilization
Oenothera humifusa and Hydrocotyle bonariensis
seabeach or dunes evening primrose and seaside pennywort
Oenothera humifusa and Spartina patens
seabeach evening primrose and saltmeadow cordgrass
Panicum amarum
seaside panicum; bitter panicgrass
aka "messy" dune grass
Spartina patens, foreground; Spartina alterniflora in the background
saltmeadow cordgrass or marsh hay (S.patens) ; smooth cordgrass or saltmarsh cordgrass (S. alterniflora)
Phragmites australis
common reed
invasive
Typha latifolia
cattail
Juncus roemerianus
black needle rush
Cynanchum angustifolium
sand vine, gulf coast milkvine or swallow-wort
belongs to the milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae)
Borrichia frutescens
sea oxeye
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Sabatia stellaris
marshpink
Flower Tracks of Sabatia
Salicornia sp.
glasswort
Salicornia virginica?
mmmm…...salty
Iva frutescens, foreground; Juniperus virginiana, background
marsh elder; southern red cedar
Oenothera laciniata
Lepidium virginicum
poor man's pepper
Ilex vomitoria, yaupon holly, on the left
milkweed bug nymphs on Borrichia
Baccharis angustifolia
narrow-leaf baccharis or saltwater false willow
Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
White Ibis
Opuntia humifusa
prickly-pear
Dichromena colorata and Lippia nodiflora
whitetop sedge and frog fruits (syn Phyla nodiflora)
Great Blue Heron
Kosteletzkya virginica
seashore mallow
Thanks to Melanie for sharing with us yet another treasure of the North Carolina coast!
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