It is not often that there is an ecosystem small enough to do a reasonable survey of the plants and insects in a day. Winterton Dunes are unusual in that they support acidic plant communities, such as heathers and ferns, rather than the dunes on the North Norfolk Coast - where the sand is calcareous. There are areas of dune heath, wet 'slacks' between dunes and dune grassland which grades into grazing marsh and birch woodland.
Plants shown here Marram Grass, Yellow Bedstraw, Polypody Fern, Hare's foot clover, Cross-leaved Heath, Bell Heather, Yellow Rattle, Centaury, Royal Fern and sheep's Bit Scabious.
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