Pretty Clouds and Sea Oats

by Louise Hill

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Pretty Clouds and Sea Oats

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Louise Hill

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Photograph - Photography, Digital Art

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I see pretty clouds everywhere and especially on the beach. I love the way the sea grass blows in the breeze and the clouds provides a nice backdrop. Located on Satellite Beach, Florida.

Satellite Beach is located in the region where tropical and temperate climatic zones overlap. Daytime temperatures average 90 F (32 C) in the summer months and 73 F (23 C) in the winter months. A study commissioned by NASA lends credence to the perception that Satellite Beach is located in a portion of the North American Atlantic shoreline with a reduced incidence of catastrophic hurricanes.

Due to the moderating influence of surrounding water bodies, the climate on the barrier island supports tropical species of plants normally found far to the south. Brevard County's barrier island to, approximately, Cape Canaveral, constitutes the northernmost limit of the range of many of these plant species. At the same time, the infrequency and mildness of freezes in the Central Florida region serves to define the southern limit of many plants found in temperate zones. Thus, the barrier island in the vicinity of Satellite Beach represents a unique climatological region which sustains unique habitats characterized by mixed tropical and temperate plant species, in addition to a significant number of endemic species only found in the local region.

There are plant species which now grow naturally, or were present prior to development, within the boundaries of Satellite Beach. Vegetated sand dunes are found along most of the beach's length and provide the major defense against storm events. Native plant species found on the dunes include sea oats, Sabal palmetto, sea grape, railroad vine, dollar weed, coral bean, Spanish bayonet, wax myrtle, yaupon holly, and several grass species. More salt-tolerant and wind-tolerant species, such as sea oats and railroad vine, are found predominantly on the ocean side of the dune, while other dune vegetation species do not generally show such zonation. These plants assist in building the dune by trapping windblown sand and in stabilizing the dune with extensive lateral root systems.



Satellite Beach is located in the region where tropical and temperate climatic zones overlap. Daytime temperatures average 90 F (32 C) in the summer months and 73 F (23 C) in the winter months. A study commissioned by NASA lends credence to the perception that Satellite Beach is located in a portion of the North American Atlantic shoreline with a reduced incidence of catastrophic hurricanes.

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