American Dunegrass
Leymus mollis
American dunegrass is a stout, blue-gray, rhizomatous grass that binds coastal and Great Lakes dunes, salt- and wind-tolerant and vital for shoreline stabilization.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, IL, MA, ME, MI, NH, OR, PA, WA
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