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Uretiti Beach | Tumbleweeds |
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The strategy of releasing part of its above-ground structure (tumbleweed, containing the propagules) helps plants in windy, poorly vegetated environments such as deserts or beaches to spread around. The propagules are released as soon as a favourable (e.g., moist) place is reached.
- Location
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- Created
- on Saturday 14 February 2015 by Martin Mergili
- Keywords
- beach, coastal vegetation, coastscape, lightscape, marine processes, plant, Zonobiome V
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- 6857 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license