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Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link
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Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 9
Specimens with Barcodes: 12
Species With Barcodes: 1
Global Range: Native to the shores of Europe between 30 and 63 degrees north latitude. Introduced to other continents to stabilize drifting sands. In the United States it is found along the west coast.
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Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
Mediterranean region and Sinai.
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Rights holder/Author | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, BA Cultnat, Bibliotheca Alexandrina - EOL Ar |
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
Reasons: Native to northwestern Europe and the British Isles; introduced to other continents to stabilize drifting sand. Established and locally abundant on dunes of the western U.S. coast.
All around the coasts of Europe and the Mediterranean region to latitude 62°, but widely introduced as a very efficient sand-binder.
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Global Short Term Trend: Increase of 10 to >25%
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Chile Central
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Rights holder/Author | Pablo Gutierrez, IABIN |
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Comments: Coastal sand dune systems around the world are threatened by the introduction and establishment of Ammophila arenaria. First, it is able to outcompete native dune plants. Second, it interferes with the natural dynamics of dune systems. In northern California, A. arenaria changes the geomorphology of the foredune community from a gentle slope to a vertical wall which prevents adequate sand movement from beach to interior dunes (Barbour and Johnson 1977). In Oregon, it has severely reduced the sand supply from beach to large inland dunes. Along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States it is known to greatly alter beach profiles and subsequently change the impact and effect of storms on the coastline (Dolan et al. 1973).
The Northern Foredune Grassland Community described by Holland (1986) has been most severely threatened by the invasion of A. arenaria. This community is restricted to foredunes and is dominated by Elymus mollis. Only two undisturbed examples of this community remain in California, one of which occurs on the North Spit of Humboldt Bay (Holland 1986). The most pristine remaining occurrence is at the Lanphere-Christensen Dunes Preserve. In 1963, A. arenaria existed as one small clump 1 km north of the preserve boundary and as several clumps 4 km to the south. By 1984, it occupied 2.2 acres.
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