Cronulla Sand Dunes
A pun on sand would go against the grain...
The Cronulla Sand Dunes have been mined away for many years and has only just become apart of the State Heritage Site meaning that the vegetation has been striped away. Over the past 11 years the council has began to stablize the dunes with vegetations such as:
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Beachgrass - The most important plant on a sand dune. It spreads quickly by its rhizome root system that grows down and sideways creating an underground weblike structure that holds the sand and helps to build and stabilize the dunes.
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Hudsonia (Beach heather) - is a small genus of three species of flowering plants native to North America.
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Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge) - is a species of grass.
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Cakile maritima (Sea Rocket) - has the potential to become a noxious weed
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Myrica cerifera (Wax Mrytle) - is a small tree or large shrub native
Flora
Fauna
There are numerous migratory birds that are found in the Cronulla Sand Dunes such as the rare broad-billed sand piper and the wandering tattler that are not normally found in Australia. The Green & Golden Bell Treefrog is one of the reasons that the Sand Dunes are now a State Heritage Site because the Mosquito Fish or Gambusia is eating the Tree frogs Eggs.
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