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Dune heath

On dune sand with a low calcium carbonate content or where this has been leached form older dunes, dune heath develops. This is composed of a variety of ericaceous species and can include in the best examples Juniper Juniper communis (see picture opposite).

 

Caption: Heather Calluna vulgaris and juniper on dune heath, Morrich Mhor, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

 
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