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English: Grand Sable Dunes Research Natural Area
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English: NPS
Title
English: Grand Sable Dunes Research Natural Area
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Dune and swale areas well away from the dune face on Lake Superior. Jack pines and common junipers are common in the valleys. Dune grasses and open sand areas make up other areas.

Due to its exceptional features, a portion of the Grand Sable Dunes was designated a Research Natural Area (RNA) in 1994. Research Natural Areas are part of a national network of field ecological areas in ecosystems with very limited public use or disturbance. They are designated for research and education, and to maintain biological diversity. The Grand Sable Dunes RNA offers a pristine environment for scientific study of climate change, lake level history, coastal land-forms, soil development, rare plant communities, and vegetation succession.

  • Keywords: Grand Sable Dunes; Lake Superior; perched dune; dune; piro; pictured rocks national lakeshore; national lakeshore; dunes; jack pines; RNA; research natural area
Depicted place
English: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Alger County, Michigan
Date Taken on 23 August 2019
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