American Beachgrass
Ammophila breviligulata
American beachgrass is the premier dune-building grass of the Atlantic and Great Lakes coasts, its deep, spreading rhizomes trapping and stabilizing windblown sand. Essential for coastal restoration.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WI