beach grass

any of several erect, strongly rooted grasses, especially of the genus Ammophila, common on exposed sandy shores and dunes.

Origin of beach grass

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

The highest and sandiest portion next the Atlantic was thinly covered with Beach-grass and Indigo-weed.

Cape Cod |Henry D. Thoreau
The man turned his gaze inward to the green of the beach-grass beyond the sand where he could make out a bit of twisting road.

The Tyranny of Weakness |Charles Neville Buck
Brush is placed in the jetties, and thousands of roots of beach-grass are planted to catch and stay the shifting sands.

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast |Samuel Adams Drake
Many toads were met with where there was nothing but sand and beach-grass.

Cape Cod |Henry D. Thoreau

So did the old house and big barn and all the tumbledown buildin's stuck there in the beach-grass and sand.

The Depot Master |Joseph C. Lincoln