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§1 Plant
Ammophila breviligulata Fernald
vernacular American beachgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Ammophila
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 131 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- High
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7.8
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- None
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 131 counties across 20 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Muskegon 26121
- Oceana 26127
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMBR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9432066 ↗Record version
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