blutaparon vermiculare
Silverhead
A low-growing coastal plant with tiny silver-green leaves. It grows in sandy soil and helps hold dunes in place.
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Silverhead Adds Fast Food to the Marine Shore
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Nutrient Cycling
Silverhead
Rooted photosynthetic producer
Contributes nutrients to
General Ecology
Current
Leaf litter
plant_material
Silverhead is represented as a Marine Shore producer contributing plant material to the detritus pathway.
Event 83 frames Silverhead as a Marine Shore producer with fast detritus-pathway value.