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AMMOPHILA Host. 



Ammophila arenaria (L.). Sea Sand Reed. 



PI. v.. Pig. 2. 

 Arundo arenaria Linnasus, Sp. PI. 82. 1753 [Europe].— Muhlenberg Gram. 



181. 1817. 

 Phalaris maritima Nuttail, Gen. I. 48. 1818. 

 Calamagrostis arenaria Knieskern, 38. — Willis 73. 

 Ammophila arenaria Britton, 289. — Keller and Brown 43. 



Abundant on the sand dunes of the entire coast. The Beach 

 Grass is one of the most characteristic plants of the coastal 

 islands. Its pale glaucous green leaves and whitish spike give 

 to these bare mounds their first verdure, vi^hile the long roots, 

 which ramify in all directions, play an important part in bind- 

 ing the sand together and holding it against the wind which is 

 always drifting it this way and that. The stiff stalks and leaves 

 adapted as they are for this constant battle with the elements, 

 persist through the winter, dried and bleached to a pale buff, and 

 bend and flutter in the fierce storms as gaily as in the milder 

 blasts of summer, ever holding the beach line against the en- 

 croachment of wind and wave. 



PI. — Mid-August to mid-September, the dried panicles per- 

 sisting into winter. 



Maritime. — Sandy Hook, Deal, Ft. Pleasant, Waretown, Seaside Park 

 (Ha), Barnegat Pier, Spray Beach (L), Atlantic City, Longport (S), Ocean 

 City (S), Sea Isle City (S), Stone Harbor (S), Wildwood, Cape May. 



CALAMOVILFA Hackel. 



Calamovilfa brevipilis (Torr.). Pine Barren Reed Grass. 



PI. XHL, Fig. I. 



Arundo brevipilis Torrey, Fl. U. S. I. 93 [Quaker Bridge, N. J.]. 

 Calamagrostis brevipilis Knieskern, 38. — Willis 73. 

 Ammophila brevipilis Britton, 290. 

 Calam.ovilfa brevipilis Keller and Brown 45. 



Common in Pine Barren bogs; does not range north of this 

 district. 



This is one of the characteristic grasses of the Pine Barrens. 

 In general appearance it strikingly recalls Tridens Uavus. 



Fl. — Early July to late August, or rarely a little later. 



