American Dunegrass Seeds (Leymus mollis)

The essence of coastal vegetation, American dunegrass (called sea lyme in old speak), is a circumpolar perennial grass, occurring both across the North Pacific from east Asia to Alaska to California, and along the North Atlantic from northern New England to Iceland (along with scattered occurrences in the Great Lakes and Greenland). Sturdy and handsome, with steely blue-gray foliage, American dunegrass rises to about 4-feet in height, preferring the harshest locations of windswept unstable sandy, and rocky, dry, seashell scree soils. This grass wants relentless wind, nutrient deprivation, compacted ground, salt spray, periodic flooding and storms. It brushes off these events with large anchoring rhizomes and the admirable ability to flex and sway in the face of difficulty.  There is extensive historic use of dunegrass as a fiber and textile plant by coastal people who made beautiful, intricate baskets with its leaves and stems. This plant can also be crossed with wheat to produce novel