“A few minutes of joyriding” through Death Valley dunes caused “significant damage” to rare plants, some of which are only found in the national park, rangers said.

THE vegetation of a sand dune is unique not only because of the rapidity of the changes that it exhibits but also because, from the manner of dune development, the phases present an arrangement in ...

The plant, which “only grows on sand dunes in Eureka Valley,” is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to rangers. A damaged Eureka dunegrass plant.

CHICAGO -- A shallow Lake Michigan and "benign neglect" by the Chicago Park District have helped create small sand dunes at Montrose Beach--a habitat for rare plants that haven't been seen for ...

Thousands of sand dune plant seedheads are gathered from Northland beaches in summer, and propagated so locals can return the plants to their coastline. About 250,000 nursery-raised sand dune ...

Work has begun to clear invasive plants to help protect "fragile and precious" species in sand dunes. Diggers are removing two areas of buckthorn, a small spiny tree, from Warkworth Dunes which ...

The plant requires areas relatively free of competing vegetation and is adapted to surviving in nutrient-poor sand dune areas with high winds, blowing sand and salt spray.

The plant, which “only grows on sand dunes in Eureka Valley,” is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to rangers. A damaged Eureka dunegrass plant.

The plant, which “only grows on sand dunes in Eureka Valley,” is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to rangers. A damaged Eureka dunegrass plant.

The plant, which “only grows on sand dunes in Eureka Valley,” is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to rangers. A damaged Eureka dunegrass plant.

The plant, which “only grows on sand dunes in Eureka Valley,” is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to rangers. A damaged Eureka dunegrass plant.