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Photo of yucca growing on a dune  

Did You Know?
Some species of plants can survive burial by a moving dune by a process called "stem elongation." As the sand rises, the plants quickly grow upward to keep their leaves above the rising sand.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:23 EST