A Florida
Barrier Island


Featuring its Beaches, Dunes, and Vegetation

 

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Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
help build and stabilize the dunes of a barrier island

 

 

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Spanish Bayonets
Yucca
produce spectacular spikes of white blossoms
on a Florida barrier island

 

 

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Spanish Bayonets
Yucca

 

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Only small fragments of this once extensive environment remain.

as development pressures have converted thousands of acres into
condominiums, subdivisions, and commercial developments.

 

 

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