Summary ²

Ammophila breviligulata (American beachgrass or American marram grass) is a species of grass that is native to eastern North America, where it grows on sand dunes along the Atlantic Ocean and Great Lakes coasts. Beachgrass thrives under conditions of shifting sand, sand burial, and high winds; it is a dune-building grass that builds the first line of sand dunes along the coast.

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1. (c) Phillip Merritt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/21281906@N00/272642751
2. Adapted by Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammophila_breviligulata

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• iNat taxon page
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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