Maritime grass for ID please

Adam Cheeseman · #1 (**permalink**) 18-12-2011, 08:48 PM

Found this growing on coastal sands at Hayling Island. Looks like a small version of Marram. Any ideas as to ID please?

Cheers,

Adam

King Edward · #2 (**permalink**) 18-12-2011, 10:21 PM

Looks like ordinary Marram Grass.

aeshna5 · #3 (**permalink**) 19-12-2011, 04:38 AM

Agree, Marram Grass.

Adam Cheeseman · #4 (**permalink**) 19-12-2011, 01:15 PM

Thanks, just a small example of it then.

Cheers,

Adam

King Edward · #5 (**permalink**) 19-12-2011, 01:52 PM

It's hard to see the size from the photos, but it doesn't look particularly small. Overall size can be quite variable anyway in a lot of plants - it's more useful to look at the size of particular features such as leaf width/length, flower size etc.

Dorts · #6 (**permalink**) 19-12-2011, 02:55 PM

Marram Grass - Ammophila arenaria is very important in helping with the stability of dunes and thereby avoiding erosion.

It can cover large areas such as here on Newborough in Anglesey where the Marram is protected by law to stop the dunes eroding.

Dorts.