Plant Profile: Tufted Hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
Karen Also known as tussock grass and fairy wand grass, this cool season, semi-evergreen perennial grass is native to eastern and western coasts of North America, parts of South America, Eurasia…
Plant Profile: Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus)
Also called sea pea, circumpolar pea or sea vetchling, this herbaceous perennial vine is native to coastal areas of temperate Europe, Asia, North and South America. It is a member…
Plant Profile: Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii aka Geobalanus oblongifolius)
Native to pinelands and coastal thickets of southeastern US, this wiry evergreen shrub is a member of the cocoplum family, Chrysobalanaceae, that consists of about 700 species of pantropical shrubs…
Plant Profile: Adagio Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’)
This warm-season perennial grass is a dwarf form of the very popular Chinese/Japanese silver grass. It is bred from a grass native to Japan, Korea and China, and is a…
Plant Profile: Sweet Grass (Muhlenbergia felipes aka M. sericea)
Also known as gulf hairawn muhly, purple muhly, and dune hairgrass, this perennial grass is native to the coastal areas of Southeastern US and is a member of the grass…
Plant Profile: Blue Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius aka Leymus arenarius)
Also known as sand lyme grass and sea lyme grass, this semi-evergreen, cool season, perennial grass is native to the coasts of northern and western Europe, and a member of…
Plant Profile: Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata)
Also known as spike grass, this warm season perennial grass is native to coastal beach communities of North America from Virginia to Florida west along the gulf to Texas and…
Plant Profile: Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides)
This warm season perennial short grass is native to North America where it is a component of the short grass prairie. It is a member of the grass family, Poaceae,…
Plant Profile: Yellow Sand Verbena (Abronia latifolia aka Abronia arenaria)
Also called coastal verbena, this herbaceous perennial is native to the west coast of North America from Santa Barbara County, California, to the Canada-US border where it grows on beach…
Plant Profile: Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
A native of the moist wooded areas of central and eastern US and northern Mexico, this deciduous, cool season, perennial grass is also known as woodoats, inland sea oats, and…