TheGreatBarierBeachFieldGuideisthe resultofseveralyearsofbeachsurveysof theNortheastcoast,LongIsland,NewYork, New Jersey,New England,and the coastlineofNorthandSouthCarolina.“In itsnaturalstate,thebarierbeachisa fascinatingmixtureofopposites:highand lowelevations,wetanddry,hotandcold, sterile and fertile, windblown and sheltered.”Itisthecombinationofthese factorsthat,withastripoflandvaryingin widthfrom afewthousandfeettoafew hundredorles,haveproducedseveral distinct zones of flora distribution. Considering the mixture of abiotic elementsofthevariouszones,theflora thatoccupyazonemustbegeneticaly equippedtoadaptorbereplacedbya geneticaly equipped species. The environmentisthe selecting agent;it determines and selects the most geneticaly equipped to survive and perpetuate. -AnthonyS.Minardi
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