Invasive grass species Spartina anglica on Hoylake beach

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Spartina anglica is an invasive plant species that is rapidly colonising the foreshore from West Kirby to Meols on the Wirral peninsula. It has provoked much debate amongst the local community on whether or not it should be removed from the beach and the long sandy beaches kept grass-free.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Hoylake foreshore, Wirral, NW, UK
Photo credit: © Niall Woods / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: anglica, beach, borough, clumps, colonisation, colonise, committee, community, council, england, environment, grass, grassy, hoylake, management, nature, peninsula, plan, spartina, survey, wirral