beach grass

also beach·grass (bēch′grăs′)

Either of two perennial rhizomatous grasses, Ammophila breviligulata of the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast of North America, or A. arenaria of Europe and North Africa and naturalized elsewhere, having spikelets in long, erect, dense clusters and growing on sandy dunes. Also called marram grass.

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beach′ grass`

any of several erect, strongly rooted grasses common on exposed sandy shores.

[1675–85]

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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

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"The invasion of beach grass will severely restrict tidal flow and increase sand accretion, even further raising the sand level and ultimately threatening the promenade.

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On the left as I walk is the Tees estuary, all seafaring hustle and bustle, while on the right is an inviting looking expanse of sand and beach grass. And out at sea is the windfarm.

Life at South Gare; A TRIP to the seaside doesn't just have to be sand, sea, ice cream and amusement arcades. DAVE ROBSONtook a walk on the wild side on a trip to South Gare

But then I tripped over a patch of beach grass and landed on the sand, because that's just my life.

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Hunkered below Kyle amid fallen yellow beach grass, I dared not move.

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The wind rustling the beach grass reminded her of her grandfather's property in Murgon, how she fled the house as soon as it was over and stumbled down the dusty, potholed driveway, listening to the trees and grass sigh and she could have kept walking, past the small town full of gossipy relatives, not stopping until she hit Brisbane.

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The baskets made by Alaska Natives are commonly constructed of birchbark or cedar, beach grass, dried grass, spruce or willow root and baleen.

An Athabaskan Tathouke birchbark basket: Alaska Native Judy Swanson, Deg Hit'an Nation, 1995

This was a good interpretive moment to explain about the currents that builds the island and bring seaweed onshore, and how seaweed fertilizes the beach grass so that the sand is held in place.

Working on the beach! A Midwesterner's experience working with sea turtles on the coast

At the Inn at Discovery Coast, you can almost touch the beach grass from your bed in one of the.comer studios, where sliding barn doors conceal the bath.

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Approximately 70 more Eastham property owners are still holding out because they are either lucky enough to have plenty of land between them and oblivion, or they continue to use other methods such as fencing, sand bags, beach grass or other means to blunt the progress of erosion.

Easton resident is battling to save home from erosion

The western snowy plover was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1993 as a result of habitat lost to invasive beach grass, development, and heavy beach use, as well as predation.

Western snowy plover in Oregon: community creates recovery

the richest blue for water, thirty browns for beach grass.

Abstraction Is Enchanted Ground and I Have Something Terrible to Paint Before Harvest Time

In 2008, 46,000 square feet of the dune were graded and planted with beach grass. This year, an additional 13,250 square feet were graded and planted.

No mystery at Plum Island