Frost on American Beach Grass

Description

The frost on the grass here is only frozen because this meadow was heavily shaded by trees, while the rest of the open area was not. American beachgrass is native to the Atlantic and Great Lakes coasts. It was planted near the mouth of the Columbia River in the 1930s to hold the sand, and it now dominates the dunes from Long Beach, Washington, to Pacific City, Oregon, crowding out native plants and the western snowy plover.