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DONGARA FLORA & FAUNA by Br W H van Veen sac Part 1
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Irwin River Beach & Estuary ( Northern
Sandplains & Heath) Beach Guinea Shrub
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The Beach Guinea flower belong to the Hibbertia family and is common in some places. It flowers most of the year. All of the species are shrubs or sub-shrubs and are as much at home on the beach and the inland sandheaths as they are in the shady forest.
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Coastal Pigface or
Noonflower
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Pigface family Aizoaceae is not a large one and is indigenous mainly to South Africa. The common pigface plant (Carpobrotus virescens) or Noonflower is a widespread seaside species. The Aboriginal name is Bain. The flowers are visited by native bees. The sweet, succulent fruits are eaten by rock parrots and emus, and were eaten fresh or dried by Aboriginal people. In WA there are seven species, five of them native (two undescribed) and two naturalized aliens. |
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Beach Spinoza
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In many cases the identification of individual species of grasses is particularly difficult and can only be established with the aid of a microscope. This Spinifex grass coastal type may be the Long-leaved beach Spinifex, Spinifex longifolius. It is a sand-binder and beach colonizer. |
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Beach Daisy
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This family, the Compositae, is one of the largest of all flowering plants and consists of over 20,000 species, grouped under about 1,000 genera, and found in almost every quarter of the globe and in all conditions, like this Beach daisy on the beach. Living on the beach is one of the toughest environment you can have for a plant. |
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crassifolia
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The Scaevola crassifolia is a common shrub of the coastal sand dunes. It grows to a height of nearly a metre and has leathery leaves. The flowers of this family are irregular. At least the three lower corolla-lobes are winged and it is the wings which make up the most attractive part of the flower.
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