Ammophila (synonymous with Psamma P. Beauv.) is a genus of flowering plants consisting of two or three very similar species of grasses. The common names for these grasses include marram grass , bent grass , and beachgrass . [ 2 ]

Found on the Atlantic coast and the lower Great Lakes, Ammophila breviligulata (American Beach Grass) is an evergreen perennial grass arising from horizontal and vertical underground rhizomes that can reach 20 ft. long and deep (6 m).

Native to sand dunes of the Atlantic Ocean from New England to South Carolina and along the shores of the Great Lakes, American Beach Grass is used extensively in dune stabilization. This grass helps build dunes by weaving intricate rhizomes, which can extend more than three feet beneath the sand and expand rapidly.

2021年3月25日 · American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) is found in the Atlantic and Great Lakes coastlines. Planting beachgrass in gardens with dry, sandy, and even salty soils provides erosion control, movement, and ease of care.

Ammophila breviligulata Fern. Dune Stabilization: Major use is to stabilize moving sand along the Atlantic seacoast and Great Lakes region. It is the best species for the initial stabilization of frontal dunes.

Ammophila breviligulata (American beachgrass or American marram grass) is a species of grass native to eastern North America, where it grows on sand dunes along the Atlantic Ocean and Great Lakes coasts.

Ammophila breviligulata Fern. American beachgrass is the predominant plant species utilized along the Atlantic and Great Lakes coastlines for initial stabilization of frontal sand dunes. It has also been utilized on extreme, non-dune sites, some having high salinity levels and droughty conditions, for erosion control and initial cover.

Ammophila breviligulata was listed as a Threatened species in 1984. A. breviligulata is recognized by the long and usually straight spike-like panicle, the branches appressed; spikelets 10 to 15 mm long, crowded, awnless and single-flowered; glumes nearly equal in length, florets with callus hairs 1 to 3 mm long; hairless sheaths, ligules and ...

Ammophila arenaria is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is known by the common names marram grass and European beachgrass. [2][3] It is one of two species of the genus Ammophila. It is native to the coastlines of Europe and North Africa where it …

beach grass, (genus Ammophila), genus of two species of sand-binding plants in the grass family (Poaceae). American beach grass (Ammophila breviligulata) grows along the Atlantic coast and in the Great Lakes region of North America.