Common names:

• North American sea-oats  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• sea-oats  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• seaside-oats  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• araña  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• arroz de costa  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• plattax  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (for beach dune and barrier island stabilization fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001) ornamental; ornamental

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida (coasts), Georgia (s.e.), Louisiana (s.), Maryland (e.), Mississippi (s.), North Carolina (e.), South Carolina, Virginia (s.e.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tamaulipas (coastal dunes)]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas (coastal dunes), Tabasco (coastal dunes), Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (coastal dunes)]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103657. Accessed 5 July 2024.