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Calamagrostis

not marked as a favorite taxon Calamagrostis breviligulata (Fernald) Saarela ssp. breviligulata. Common name: American Beachgrass. Phenology: Aug-Sep. Habitat: Dunes along the Atlantic Ocean and major estuaries (such as the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays), rarely on dry sandy shores along Coastal Plain Rivers (in VA). Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) south to about Cape Hatteras, Dare County, NC, and on shores around the Great Lakes; planted farther south. As a native grass, Calamagrostis breviligulata ranged south only to NC, where it was rare; it is now commonly planted ("sprigged") in the Carolinas as a sand-binder and is now common south into SC.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, POWO, Saarela et al (2017); = Ammophila breviligulata Fernald — NS, Va; = Ammophila breviligulata Fernald ssp. breviligulata — FNA24, NE; < Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link — S13; < Ammophila breviligulata Fernald — C, F, G, HC, Il, Mi, NSProv, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Delisle-Oldham, Oldham, & Catling (2008), Tucker (1996); < Calamagrostis breviligulata (Fernald) Saarela — K4. Basionym: Ammophila breviligulata Fernald 1920

Links to other floras: = Ammophila breviligulata ssp. breviligulata - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
  • Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Calamagrostis breviligulata ssp. breviligulata© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
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