Poaceae
American beachgrass
Calamagrostis breviligulata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Calamagrostis
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- American beachgrass
- French
- Ammophile à ligule courte
- Polish
- Piaskownica krótkoszyjkowa
- Welsh
- Môr-hesgen America
Synonyms
- Ammophila breviligulata Fernald
Photos
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Photo: Halley, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: EgorovaSvetlana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.