Title: “Vines assault East Coast dunes”
Source: Detroit Free Press
Page Number: 8A
Date: October 32, 2009
This article is from the Detroit Free Press. It is about a fast-growing vine that was imported from Korea to stop massive erosion of sand dunes and how it is destroying dunes in the Carolinas and threatening beaches up and down the East Coast. The plant is called the beach vitex, and it is a woody plant with leaves and purple flowers. It was planted along the Carolina coast after Hurricane Hugo struck the beaches in 1989. This is an important article because it shows the effects that nature can sometimes have on itself.
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