Dunele marine de la Agigea, Nature reserve near Agigea, Romania.
Dunele marine de la Agigea is a nature reserve spanning roughly 12 hectares along the Black Sea coast. Sand dunes here are covered with plants that thrive in dry, sandy conditions specific to this coastal environment.
Professor Ioan Borcea founded a Marine Biological Station in 1926 to protect these sand dunes. The area gained official reserve status in 1938.
The name refers to the sand dunes that formed naturally along this stretch of coast. Today they represent one of the few remaining natural shoreline features in the region and hold importance for understanding what this coast once looked like.
The reserve sits near the town of Eforie and welcomes visitors. Staff at the Marine Biological Station offer guided tours to help you understand the plants and wildlife here.
The reserve is home to rare plants such as Convolvulus persicus and Ephedra distachya that only grow in this specific coastal setting. These species are found in very few places along the Romanian coast and make this area botanically special.
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