The Flora Of The Culbin Sands

Abstract

The Culbin Sands, the flora of which is described in the following paper, lie on the extreme west of the seaboard of Elginshire. They occupy the greater part of the promontory between the Moray Firth and the western shore of Findhorn Bay, and they stretch for upwards of six miles along the coast and have a maximum breadth of three miles. To the south lie the fertile reaches of the River Findhorn and the Muckle Water, while on the west the Culbin Sands, here known as the Maviston Sandhills, which enter some short distance into Nairnshire, are succeeded by flat heath and marsh.

Long-term vegetation changes on the stabilized dunes of Do�ana National Park (SW Spain)

“…The effect of marram grass removal on the mobilisation of dune sand has been pointed out in Denmark in 1539 (in a decree Actum Haffniae by King Christianus III) and in Scotland (dunes at Culbin) by Patton & Stewart (1917) who noted that in 1695 the Scottish Parliament prohibited the pulling up of the stabilizing plants henceforward, due to the advance of the dunes caused by it. Juniperus oophora, J. oxycedrus and Osyris quadripartita were used for charcoal, juniper oil and lumbering, while Ammophila arenaria was traditionally used for roofing huts.…”