beach grass

beach grass

n.

A perennial grass of the genus Ammophila, especially A. breviligulata, native to sandy shores along the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast of North America, and having spikelets in long, erect, crowded clusters. It is commonly planted as a sand binder to stabilize dunes and combat beach erosion. Also called marram.

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Noun

1.

beach grass - tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay