A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Uniola paniculata
Sea oats are well suited to saline environments, and as such, are important to barrier island ecology and are often used in soil stabilization projects because their long root structure firmly holds loose soil. Sea oats are a protected grass in most states along the East Coast. Picking or disturbing sea oats is punishable by fine in Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina. Recently, Floridian ornithologists discovered that the pygmy burrowing owl makes its nest within sea oat colonies to conceal its young from natural predators.
Atlantic Coast island
Spotted on Sep 5, 2012
Submitted on Nov 25, 2012
No Comments