Abstract
Dungeness includes the largest area of vegetated shingle in the British Isles and probably in Europe. The vegetation is of special interest, not only because of its diversity, but also on account of the opportunity afforded to ecologists for the study of the colonization of a newly formed habitat by pioneer plants and the maintenance of life in extremely adverse environmental conditions. The 'natural' vegetation has been grazed by cattle and the area colonized locally by a small human community for centuries, but in recent years the disturbance to the shingle beaches has increased in degree and area. It is therefore important to describe the botanical features of the Dungeness complex of habitats so that future ecologists may appreciate the true significance of the remaining areas. This paper is based on published and unpublished reports, ground and aerial photographs and personal observations in 1957 and 1965-68. Nomenclature is in accordance with Clapham, Tutin & Warburg (1962).
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