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5.2 How Are Beach Plants Adapted to Live on the Shore?
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This University of California, Santa Barbara website discusses the life found on sandy beaches and the importance of beach plants. It talks about dunes and the plants that are found on them and the benefits of those plants. The website goes on to talk about the threats to beaches and what can be done to protect them.

This Ocean Today video shows a community that has come together to plant panic grass on sand dunes to prevent erosion. The video briefly talks about the importance of sand dunes and that they are the “first line of defense against severe weather patterns…”

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