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.