Sea Oats

Without these plants there would be a lot less Florida beaches than we have now. Sea Oats are the primary stabilizing plant among the Primary dune species. They thrive on little water and lots of salt. Because few other plants can take those kinds of conditions these plants have few competitors among the dunes. Sea oats reduce beach erosion and promote a process known as accretion (build up of sand) by trapping windblown sand in their leaves and roots. http://http://www.dep.state.fl.us/beaches/publications/pdf/actbook.pdf