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Shingle plants

A number of plants are specially adapted to the exposed situation on shingle beaches. The following are two of the more significant examples:

 

 

 

 

 

Caption: Sea kale Crambe maritima a perennial and yellow horned-poppy Glaucium flavum a short-lived perennial of shingle

 

 
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