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Topic Title: A "new" beach plant for Brevard Topic Summary: Cyperus pedunculatus, beach star Created On: 12/16/2016 05:11 AM |
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12/16/2016 05:11 AM
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Here's a couple of shots of the colonizer that spreads from dunes onto bare sand. Previous north limit was Indian River County. Now spotted as far north as Patrick AFB; also Indian Harbor Beach and Melbourne Beach. It has a worldwide distribution in the tropics. You can see it in Hawaii or Queensland, but not New South Wales. They're the pointy-leaved little plants. Sometimes they grow in lines, connected by underground stems.
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12/16/2016 05:17 AM
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Those do look familiar; pretty sure I've seen those in quite a few spots around the world. So, this is a good, thing, right? More plants to hold the dune together? Or are they considered invasive?
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12/16/2016 07:22 AM
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They're native to Florida. A sign that our beaches are tropical. Here's another photo from October 2014, Vero South Beach
Edited: 12/16/2016 at 07:32 AM by ww |
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12/16/2016 11:59 AM
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Look like they would do a number on barefeet, dune walkers beware!
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12/16/2016 06:06 PM
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this wouldn't be a sign that the climate is getting warmer would it? ------------------------- "I remember South Africa in the late 70's, sleeping on the beach at J-bay, smoking ganja with the blacks. On weekends we'd go to the pub in East London to drink beer and fight with the Afrikaners. They liked to fight, I liked to fight. It was a good time" |
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12/17/2016 09:48 AM
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The leaves are a bit prickly and sharp-pointed but not really nasty (I haven't done the foot test). They've likely been in Brevard for a long while, but not collected. But yes, it's possible that the Brevard plants are a fresh range expansion. |
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