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Description and Adaptation. Sea oats is a long lived, slow growing, warm season, perennial grass commonly associated with the upper dunes along beach fronts. It grows erect to approximately 6 feet in height at maturity, and has leaves that can grow to 24 inches in length.
Description. General: Sea oats is a native, warm-season, semi-tropical, rhizomatous perennial, C4 grass dominating many beach and dune environments. Culms are stout, erect 1-2 meters tall, nodes and internodes glabrous. Leaves are both basal and cauline with blades elongate to 60 cm long and 1.2 cm wide, both surfaces glabrous.
The USDA Plants Database provides information on various plant species, including sea oats, a perennial grass commonly found along beach dunes.
General Information. Scientific name: Uniola paniculata. Pronunciation: yoo-NYE-oh-luh pan-nick-yoo-LAY-tuh. Common name (s): sea oats. Family: Gramineae. Plant type: herbaceous; ornamental grass. USDA hardiness zones: 7B through 11 (Figure 2) Planting month for zone 7: year round. Planting month for zone 8: year round.
Uniola paniculata (Sea Oats) is a deep-rooted spreading perennial grass with stout culms and showy tan inflorescences rising up to 6 ft. tall (180 cm). On display from summer to fall, their conspicuous spikelets of oat-like fruits persist on the plant, giving it a beautiful texture as the wind blows. Useful in dried arrangements, the seed heads ...
20 sie 2019 · Sea oats is a dominant player in coastal plant communities. Few other species can hold a candle to its ability to survive and thrive in conditions that are lethal to most other plants. The ever-present winds that blow off the ocean bring with them plenty of sand and salt spray.
Uniola paniculata, also known as sea oats, seaside oats, araña, and arroz de costa, [1] is a tall subtropical grass that is an important component of coastal sand dune and beach plant communities in the southeastern United States, eastern Mexico and some Caribbean islands.
