Photo: Sand Dune Vegetation Costa Blanca

A sand dune is covered in new vegetation that grows along the Costa Blanca in Valencia, Spain in Europe.

Plants that grow on a sand dune along the Costa Blanca in Valencia, Spain form communities which are known as dune vegetation. There are healthy and unhealthy types of sand dune vegetation and it is closely watched by people who are experienced in this type of vegetation.

Some of the signs of unhealthy sand dune vegetation along the Costa Blanca in Valencia, Spain is dramatic change in dune shape and stability, weed invasion, intense erosion such as sand dune blowouts and a decline in wildlife.The vegetation on the sand dunes along Oliva Nova Beach, Costa Blanca, Valencia, Spain, Europe