Ammophila breviligulata (Marram Grass, American Beach Grass) Size:32 Plug Flat via Wikimedia Commons

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recognita (False Aster) puts on an exuberant display of small daisy-like white flowers with yellow centers that flower for at least a month

Soil Conditions Wet -Wet Mesic

Soil Conditions Mesic

It produces fruit and many people enjoy its fruit referring to it as a cross between a banana and a papaya

Ammophila breviligulata (Marram Grass, American Beach Grass) Size:32 Plug Flat via Wikimedia CommonsWhat plant is the best to stabilize coastal sandy beaches and shorelines? Likely Ammophila breviligulata is the best plant to stabilize eroding beaches, at least when in its native range and habitat as it grows where no other plant can. American Beach Grass is the dominant native grass along the sandy beaches and dunes of Lake Michigan and the Atlantic Ocean coast. Its long, narrow inflorescences are iconic along the beaches and dunes where it grows.