marram grass

[ mar-uhm ]

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noun

a grass, Ammophila arenaria, having matted, creeping rhizomes, grown on sandy shores of Europe, North America, and Australia to bind the sand.

marram grass

/ ˈmærəm /

any of several grasses of the genus Ammophila , esp A. arenaria, that grow on sandy shores and can withstand drying: often planted to stabilize sand dunes

First recorded in 1630–40; originally dialect (East Anglian); from Old Norse marálmr, equivalent to marr “sea” + hálmr “grass”; mere ², haulm

C17 marram, from Old Norse marálmr, from marr sea + hálmr haulm

In the Entomologist for September, 1912, this species was recorded as not uncommon on marram grass growing on the Norfolk coast.

The moth is out from June to August, and may be obtained at the flowers of marram grass as well as at sugar.

A few cautious steps to the right and I touched tufts of marram grass.

Common on sand dunes especially under stems of dead marram grass.

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