Birds Threatened by Asiatic Sand Sedge Invasion on Long Island
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
In the early 1900s this plant was introduced to the beaches of New Jersey from Japan and subsequently planted on many beaches there as an erosion control plant because its prolific rhizomes stabilized the sand. A new invasive plant is threatening the beaches of Long Island, Asiatic Sand Sedge or Carex kobomugi.
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