The sand dune plants were identified using a picture key, as produced by Field Studies Council. The key organised the plants by position relative to the front of the dune system.
At the strand line we might expect to see:
SEA ROCKET
LYME GRASS
MARRAM GRASS
SEA COUCH GRASS
As we progress into the embryo dunes, we can expect to see:
SEA BINDWEED
SEA SPURGE
Into the mobile dunes, and we may start to see:
SAND SEDGE
RAGWORT
SEA HOLLY
As the dunes become semi-fixed, these might be added to by:
DANDELIONS and THISTLES
LESSER HAWKBIT
MOUSE EAR HAWKWEED
Plants become more flowering and bushy towards the back of the fixed dunes.