Beach Grass
Related Category: Plants
or marram grass(mâr´m), any species of the genus Ammophila, perennial grasses used to control the shifting of sand dunes, thereby protecting sandy coastal areas.
Beach grass is clearly one of the most critically important dune plants.
( American Beach Grass )
This species in the grass family (Poaceae) has narrow grasslike foliage, with leaf veins typically parallel to one another and the leaf margins are most often smooth.
beach grass, marram grass, European beach grass, European beachgrass, European marram grass, sea reed
Family ...
*Beach Grass
Panicum amarum
2 to 4'
Variable
Sun; tolerates low fertility soil, salt spray, wind and heat.
European beach grass (Ammophila arenaria)
Used for erosion control on sand dunes, it has proved invasive on the West Coast but is better behaved in Atlantic Canada. Zone 5 ...
American Beach Grass [English]: Ammophila breviligulata
American Beachgrass [English]: Ammophila breviligulata
American Beak Grain [English]: Diarrhena americana
American Beakgrain [English]: Diarrhena americana ...
European beach grass Ammophila arenaria
European bird-cherry Prunus padus
European blackberry Rubus vestitus
European cranberry Viburnum opulus
European fly honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum
European frogs-bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae ...
Noteworthy characteristics: Attractive powder blue foliage in a fountain-like form distinguishes this U.S. native beach grass.
Care: Provide full sun and well-drained soil.
Problems: Infrequent.
 See also: Grass, Bluestem, Panicum, Little bluestem, Grasses
  
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