Sea Oats

This is a protected plant as it is of major importance to the stabilization of beach dunes.



Specimen plant. Mass plantings on beach dunes for stabilization. Seed heads useful in dried arrangements.

Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.



High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury.

Spreads aggressively via rhizomes.

Birds and other wildlife eat the seeds.

Beach dunes, coastal grasslands.

• Showy fruits, Hurricane wind resistance