Plant Profile: Sweet Grass (Muhlenbergia felipes aka M. sericea)
Karen 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: 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: Broomsedge (Andropogon virginicus)
Also called beard grass and whiskey grass, broomsedge is a warm-season perennial grass native to southeastern US but has expanded its native range and can be found in abandon sites…
Plant Profile: Deerweed (Acmispon glaber)
Also called deervetch, California broom, and western bird’s-foil, this deciduous perennial subshrub is native to California and is a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes lupine, mimosa,…
Plant Profile: Dune Tansy (Tanacetum camphoratum aka T. douglasii)
Also known as camphor tansy, this herbaceous perennial is native to the Pacific Coast of North America from British Columbia to Northern California where it grows on sand dunes and…
Plant Profile: Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Spartina patens)
Also known as salt hay, this warm weather perennial grass is native to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America from Newfoundland to Texas where it grows in brackish…
Plant Profile: Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata aka Cassia fasciculata aka Cassia chamaecrista)
Also known as prairie senna, golden cassia, large-flowered sensitive pea, sleeping plant, and locust weed, this herbaceous annual is native to open woods, meadow, prairies and plains of eastern US.…
Plant Profile: Hoaryleaf Ceanothus (Ceanothus crassifolius)
Native to the chaparral of coastal mountains and valleys of Southern California and northern Baja, this evergreen shrub is a member of the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, that also includes jujube…