Beach Grass

The foredune is a low hill, formed parallel to the ocean edge. Consisting of sand and driftwood, the 20-30-foot-high foredune is capped by European beach grass (Ammophila arenaria).

The beach grass was planted along the Siuslaw and other estuaries in the early 1900's to stabilize encroaching sand. Within 40 years, this hardy beach grass, which thrives when repeatedly buried by sand, had formed a foredune that effectively cut off the natural sand source for the active dunes.

[Mike Schwandner]

awesome shot!

[MamaBec]

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Thanks Mike!

[Jane Pittenger]

Lovely capture. Like the way you got individual grass strands well focused

[Kerri]

Beautiful!

[Paul Myers]

So how is this affecting the overall health of the dunes?

[karenann]

How soft and lovely the colors and the textures are! Beautiful POV . . what a great place to walk along and let your troubles blow away in the wind.

[petra]

gorgeous!

[Travis B❂urland]

Great shot, mom!!! Love the exposure here.

[marianne bourland]

Some of my favorite shots are these dunes!! What I love about this shot is the contrast & the movement of the driftwood going in one direction and the wind moving the reeds in another...