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OSU research shows two invasive beachgrasses are hybridizing
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All three Ammophila beachgrasses, both parent species and a recently identified hybrid, occur at Sunset Beach, Oregon
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two species of sand-stabilizing beachgrasses introduced to the Pacific Northwest starting in the early 1900s are hybridizing, raising new questions about impacts to the coastal ecosystems the non-native plants have been engineering for more than a century.
Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science identified the hybrid in a paper published in Ecosphere.
In addition to their ecological implications, the findings are important in the context of coastal vulnerability to the effects of climate change, including increasing danger from flooding and erosion from storms and rising water.
Oregon State University Research Shows Two Invasive Beachgrasses Are Hybridizing Details
As with many introduced species the beachgrasses come with ecological costs to the native flora and fauna.
Two species of sand-stabilizing beachgrasses introduced to the Pacific Northwest starting in the early 1900s are hybridizing, raising new questions about impacts to the coastal ecosystems the non-native plants have been engineering for more than a century. Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science identified the hybrid in a paper published in Ecosphere.
In addition to their ecological implications, the findings are important in the context of coastal vulnerability to the effects of climate change, including increasing danger from flooding and erosion from storms and rising water.
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IMAGE: All three Ammophila beachgrasses, both parent species and a recently identified hybrid, occur at Sunset Beach, Oregon. view more
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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Two species of sand-stabilizing beachgrasses introduced to the Pacific Northwest starting in the early 1900s are hybridizing, raising new questions about impacts to the coastal ecosystems the non-native plants have been engineering for more than a century.
Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science identified the hybrid in a paper published in
Ecosphere.
In addition to their ecological implications, the findings are important in the context of coastal vulnerability to the effects of climate change, including increasing danger from flooding and erosion from storms and rising water.