Ammophila breviligulata - 'Cape' American Beach Grass
We grow and propagate our own liners right here in Ocean County, New Jersey. Our beach grass plugs are extremely vigorous. What makes them special... Because we grow them in a deep 32 cell tray, they have more room and soil to grow in, they have a more extensive root system, vigorous top growth, and generally grow faster.
Native to sand dunes of the Atlantic Ocean from New England to North Carolina and along the shores of the Great Lakes, American Beach Grass is used extensively in dune stabilization. This grass helps build dunes by weaving intricate rhizomes, which can extend more than three feet beneath the sand and expand rapidly. American Beach Grass depends on wind to whip up the sand around its stems. This provides nutrients for the plant and stimulates more rhizomes to form and send up more shoots. It has erect, green foliage and develops long seed heads in midsummer. Ammophila breviligulata adapts to heat, wind, arid shifting sand, and salt spray.