Calamagrostis breviligulata (Fernald) Saarela ssp. breviligulata . American Beachgrass. Phen: Aug-Sep. Hab: 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). Dist: 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.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Saarela et al (2017); = Ammophila breviligulata Fernald – Va; = Ammophila breviligulata Fernald ssp. breviligulata – FNA24, NE; < Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link – S13; < Ammophila breviligulata Fernald – C, F, G, HC, Il, K1, K3, Mi, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Delisle-Oldham, Oldham, & Catling (2008), Tucker (1996); < Calamagrostis breviligulata (Fernald) Saarela – K4

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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