coastal
Every article and hero in Arborpedia that touches this subject.
№ 068TreesCasuarina: The She-Oak That Is Neither Pine Nor Oak
An Australian tree that mimics a conifer, fixes nitrogen without being a legume, whistles in the wind, holds the coast together — and smothers beaches where it does not belong.
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№ 091RestorationCoastal Dunes: Building Land Out of Moving Sand
Marram grass traps sand and grows through it — plus why stabilising a dune system too thoroughly destroys the habitat it protects.
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№ 092TreesCoconut: The Tree of a Thousand Uses
A palm that disperses itself across oceans, yields for most of a century, and supplies food, water, oil, fibre and timber from one crop.
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№ 281RestorationMangrove Restoration: Why Most Planting Projects Fail
Hydrology first, propagules second — the ecological method that succeeds where mass propagule planting has failed for decades.
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№ 414TreesScrew-Pine: The Stilt-Rooted Tree of the Tropical Shore
Not a pine at all but a spiral-leaved coastal tree standing on a tripod of stilt roots — holding shorelines together, thatching and weaving whole cultures, and flavouring the kitchens of Asia with its pandan leaf.
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№ 415TreesSea Buckthorn: Nitrogen, Salt, and Sand
A nitrogen-fixing pioneer that stabilises dunes, tolerates salt spray, and carries one of the highest vitamin C loads of any temperate fruit.
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№ 416TreesSea Grape: The Tree That Holds the Tropical Beach Together
A sprawling, salt-proof coastal tree with dinner-plate leaves and hanging clusters of grape-like fruit — the front-line stabiliser of Caribbean beaches and a jelly-maker's prize.
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№ 500TreesTropical Almond: The Pagoda Tree of the Tropical Shore
A pantropical beach tree that builds its crown in perfect tiers, turns its leaves red before dropping them, feeds shorelines and aquariums with tannin — and offers an almond-like kernel worth the effort of cracking.
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