BEACH GRASS

or marram grassmârˈəm, any species of the genus Ammophila, perennial grasses used to control the shifting of sand dunes, thereby protecting sandy coastal areas. The European beach grass (A. arenaria) has been used to hold dunes in Europe and was early planted at Cape Cod to bind the sands; later it was used at Golden Gate Park and elsewhere in the United States. The American beach grass (A. breviligulata) is native to dunes of the Great Lakes and much of the eastern seacoast. Beach grasses have creeping rootstocks that rapidly form an extensive root system. Beach grasses are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Cyperales, family Gramineae.

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books on: Beach Grass  - 14893 results

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Leaves of Grass: The Sesquicentennial Essays
Book by Susan Belasco, Ed Folsom, Kenneth M. Price; University of Nebraska Press, 2007
Subjects: Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Leaves Of Grass
...awfully familiar, his Leaves of Grass already a cen- tury old and...have been like visiting North Beach or Big Sur or Venice West...The first edition of Leaves of Grass was still, over a hundred...his manuscript of Leaves of Grass to his friends the Rome brothers...
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Whitman, Slavery, and the Emergence of Leaves of Grass
Book by Martin Klammer; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995
Subjects: African Americans In Literature, Literature And Society--United States--History--19th Century, Race Relations In Literature, Slavery In Literature, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Leaves Of Grass, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Political And Social Views
...SLAVERY, AND THE EMERGENCE OF LEAVES OF GRASS Martin Klammer WHITMAN, SLAVERY, AND THE EMERGENCE OF LEAVES OF GRASS The Pennsylvania State University...slavery, and the emergence of Leaves of grass / Martin Klammer. p. cm. Includes...
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The Everglades: River of Grass
Book by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Robert Fink; Rinehart, 1947
Subjects: Everglades (Fla.)
...as a river from its banks, move the vast reaches of the saw grass. The brown deer, the pale-colored lithe beautiful panthers...them solemnly and eat birds eggs if they find them, and ripe beach plums. The panthers prey most on the range hogs of the settlers...
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Leaves of Grass
Book by Walt Whitman; Modern Library, 1921
Subjects: Poetry
...The Prairie-Grass Dividing 109...On the Beach-at Night 223...On the Beach at Night Alone...guessd when I loafd on the grass, What I guessd while...And again as I walkd the beach under the paling stars...
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Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 June-27 June 1944)
Book; U.S. G.P.O., 1948
Subjects: Normandy (France)--History, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
...the closing of the la Barquette lock. Grass had grown out of the water so thickly...reinforcements had to come across the beach. Fortunately the seaborne landing had been...into landing craft for the assault on the beach. At 0430 H minus 2 hours detachments...
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Population Dynmanics of Alabama Beach Mice (Peromyscus Polionotus Ammobates) Following Hurricane Opal
Journal article by William R. Swilling Jr., Michael C. Wooten, Nicholas R. Holler, William J. Lynn; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 140, 1998
Subjects: Alabama, Animal populations, Beaches, Hurricanes, Rodents
...described optimal beach mouse habitat as primary and secondary dunefields vegetated by sea oats ( Uniola paniculata), beach grass (Panicum amarum) and bluestem (Andropogon maritimus). Beach mice along the Gulf Coast are found in highest densities...
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"The Heritage of the People Closed against Them:" Class, Environment, and the Shaping of Burlington Beach, 1870s-1980s
Journal article by Ken Cruikshank, Nancy B. Bouchier; Urban History Review, Vol. 30, 2001
Subjects: Beaches--History, Hamilton, Ontario--History, Recreation areas--History
...and soils suitable for "numerous garden plots of flowers and grass lawns."(33) Unlike many suburban retreats elsewhere, Hamiltons...politicians acted to prevent any individual from speculating on the beach land, or developing it in ways they might not approve. Crown...
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A Beach-Associated Outbreak of Escherichia Coli O157:H7
Journal article by Clinton C. Mudgett, Roger Ruden, Connie C. Austin; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 60, 1998
Subjects: Escherichia coli infections--Case studies, Lakes--Health aspects, Rockford, Illinois--Demographic aspects
...and the nature of the pasture (grass with no discernible slope), this...inlet to Olson Lake after the beach was closed had fecal-coliform...tested negative. The entire beach area including the grass around the sand beach can accommodate...
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Is Racism 'sexism Extended?' Feminist Criticism, 'moral Panics' and the Grass Is Singing
Journal article by Susan Gardner; Hecate, Vol. 11, 1985
Subjects: Black literature, Discrimination, Feminism, Gender, International, Literature, Politics, Racism, Sex discrimination, Sexism, South Africa
...settlement in a variety of Pacific "beach" communities, such as those described...a feminist rereading of The Grass is Singing can learn from their...Press, 1977); Caroline Ralston, Grass Huts and Warehouses: Pacific Beach Communities of the Nineteenth...
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The Archaeology of No Man's Land: Indigenous Camps at Corindi Beach, Mid-North Coast New South Wales
Journal article by Anita Smith, Wendy Beck; Archaeology in Oceania, Vol. 38, 2003
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians--Research, Australian aborigines--Research, New South Wales--Social aspects, Social archaeology--Research
...kilometres north of Corindi Beach: Oh, we...surface was first cleared; the grass was cut and gentle raking of...structures or collected from the beach and clad with galvanised iron...huts can be seen in the long grass around the structure. One of...
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Dicaprio's the Beach: Trouble in Paradise
Magazine article by Jim Motavalli; E, Vol. 10, July 1999
Subjects: DiCaprio, Leonardo--Performances, Motion pictures--Environmental aspects, Thailand--Politics and government, The Beach (Motion picture)--Production and direction
...coconut palms and removing much of the natural vegetation, including giant milkweed, sea pandanus, spider lily and other beach grass whose roots, say Thai environmentalists, hold the sand formations on treasured Maya Beach in place. The filmmakers...
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Lighthouse Picnicking on Long Beach Peninsula
Magazine article by Suzie Bloss; Sunset, Vol. 197, September 1996
Subjects: Long Beach Peninsula, Picnics, Shorelines, Washington
...progressive picnic. We filled a backpack with provisions at a Long Beach deli aptly named Pacific Picnics (312 Pacific Highway S., 360...unobstructed view of coastline. We spread our picnic blanket on the grass for a first course of fruit and cheese and tried to imagine...
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Sunnyside Beach Restored
Magazine article by Nancy Covert; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 31, August 1996
Subjects: Beaches, Parks & recreation areas, Renovation & restoration, Washington
...added to provide a base for beach grass. Finally, a layer of topsoil...students spent two days planting beach grass. In a similar project, University...than 4,000 square feet of beach with a variety of native dune grass. "Stewardship is key to this...
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A Beach in Pots
Magazine article by Julie Chai; Sunset, Vol. 221, August 2008
Subjects: Aquatic plants, Gardens & gardening, Landscape architecture, Stockwell, Robin
...succulent per container. 4 SEA LIFE LOOK-ALIKES 1 Red-hot poker (Kniphpfio avaria) Its upright green leaves resemble beach grass. In summer, coral red buds atop tall stems open to orange or yellow blossoms (hummingbirds love them). Sun to part shade...
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Grass: the Making of an Epic
Magazine article by Ernest B. Schoedsack; American Cinematographer, Vol. 64, February 1983
...revealing the reception committee on the beach, the tide rose too, relieving the heavy...represent the Baba Ahmedi tribe, which the GRASS expedition elected to accompany because...clothing consisted only of a linen Palm Beach suit. Both men felt fortunate, however...
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In Which the Grass Isn't Greener. LIZ JONES'S DIARY; It Is So Unglamorous, Country Life. There I Was, Thinking I Would Be like Luella Bartley, Galloping Bareback on the Beach on a Beautiful Mare
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 17, 2009
Subjects: Fashion designers--Personal narratives, Wetland flora--Personal narratives, Wetland plants--Personal narratives
In Which the Grass Isnt Greener. LIZ JONESS DIARY...Galloping Bareback on the Beach on a Beautiful Mare. I...if I dont get her off the grass now she could get laminitis...galloping bareback on the beach on a beautiful mare, when...
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In Which the Grass Isn't Greener. It Is So Unglamorous Country Life. There I Was, Thinking I Would Be like Luella Bartley, Galloping Bareback on the Beach on a Beautiful Mare
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 16, 2009
Subjects: Fashion designers--Personal narratives, Wetland flora--Personal narratives, Wetland plants--Personal narratives
In Which the Grass Isnt Greener. It Is So Unglamorous...Galloping Bareback on the Beach on a Beautiful Mare. Byline...if I dont get her off the grass now she could get laminitis...galloping bareback on the beach on a beautiful mare, when...
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GRIL BRITAIN; Heat Is a Record 97.3F 22,000 Pack One Beach Parched Grass Fires Rage
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 20, 2006
...Is a Record 97.3F 22,000 Pack One Beach Parched Grass Fires Rage. Byline: By ROBERT...the water." Thousands took to the beach yesterday with 22,000 in Bournemouth...girls take a drink at Bournemouth beach EGGS-ELENT IDEA: Chingford cabbie...
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GRIL BRITAIN; Heat Is a Record 97.3F 22,000 Pack One Beach Parched Grass Fires Rage
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 20, 2006
...Is a Record 97.3F 22,000 Pack One Beach Parched Grass Fires Rage. BRITAIN baked in...yesterday thousands took to the beach, with 22,000 cramming on to Bournemouth...girls take a drink at Bournemouth Beach EGGS-ELENT IDEA: Chingford cabbie...
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Pain in the Grass: Nobel Committee Honors Aging German Radical
Newspaper article by Helle Bering; The Washington Times, October 6, 1999
Subjects: Grass, Gunter
...have never forgotten his description of how picnickers at the beach go about catching eels for their supper: Take the head of a...and pull the whole thing up. Lovely, eh? In the book, Mr. Grass succeeded in resurrecting German literary Expressionism - which...
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encyclopedia articles on: Beach Grass  - 4 results

 
 
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Beach Grass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BEACH GRASS or marram grass mar m, any species...protecting sandy coastal areas. The European beach grass ( A. arenaria ) has been used to hold dunes...elsewhere in the United States. The American beach grass ( A. breviligulata ) is native to dunes...
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Marram Grass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARRAM GRASS see beach grass . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Grass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...from the apex of the plant. Because of the tenacious nature of their large underground root system, grasses (e.g., beach grass ) are often introduced to prevent erosion. Grasses are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Liliopsida...
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Great South Bay
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...accelerated deposition, pollution, and rampant growth of eel grass. Environmental efforts have sought to eliminate these problems. Major recreation areas on the bay include Jones Beach State Park and Fire Island National Seashore...


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