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The Nature Conservancy of Canada and a group of volunteers planted 2,000 marram grass plants in the St. Peter's harbour area of P.E.I. on the weekend.
A class of University of Prince Edward Island students got a hands-on lesson in ecology at Cavendish Beach this week and a section of damaged sand dunes is in better shape thanks to their work.
Volunteers have planted about 2,000 marram grass plants in sand dunes in Jersey to help protect them. The Government of Jersey's Environment Department said the grass would help stabilise the ...
Volunteers have planted about 2,000 marram grass plants in sand dunes in Jersey to help protect them. The Government of Jersey's Environment Department said the grass would help stabilise the ...
It is one of 900 nonnative plants in Michigan but the only one known to compete directly with marram grass for survival in the harsh, sand-swept environment of Great Lakes dunes.
Residents in Cornwall have been invited to plant grass at the dunes of a Cornish beach to try and stop changes to sand dunes. The National Trust and the Making Space For Sand project said ...
The marram grass helps to trap the sand, giving the dunes a better chance of holding their shape. According to the Wildlife Trusts, its fibrous, matted roots bind the sand down, which helps to ...
It serves as the very fabric of the dunes. Beneath the prickly marram grass lining region beaches, root systems spread out both horizontally and vertically under the surface. Dune grass, as it's ...
A class of University of Prince Edward Island students got a hands-on lesson in ecology at Cavendish Beach this week and a section of damaged sand dunes is in better shape thanks to their work. On ...
The Jersey government says the planting will helps stabilise the dunes. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP. ... Marram grass planted to protect sand dunes.