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Living Shorelines: Native plants for Beaches and Sand Dunes
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Plant Descriptions |
Habit of Plant |
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Sea Oats -
Uniola paniculata
Warm-season grass, height 3-6 ft, seed head is a large open paniclewith flat spikelets, seed heads become yellow-brown in late summer and fall |
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American beach grass - Ammophila breviligulata
Cool-season bunch grass with strong underground stems (rhizomes), height 2-3 ft, seed head is a spike-like panicle about 10 inches long appears in late July or August |
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Saltmeadow Hay -
Spartina patens
Warm-season grass, height 1-4 ft, spreads extensively by long slender rhizomes, leaves are drooping and wiry in appearance |
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Bitter panicum -
Panicum amarum
Robust grass spreads slowly from short strong rhizomes to form open clumps, height of 7 ft, leaves are ¼ to ½ inch wide, 7-20 inches long, smooth without hair, bluish in color. |
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