Ammophila (synonymous with Psamma P. Beauv.) is a genus of flowering plants consisting of two or three very similar species of grasses. The genus name Ammophila originates from the Greek words ἄμμος (ámmos), meaning "sand", and φίλος (philos), meaning "friend".

Ammophila is the type genus of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae. Ammophila is a large and cosmopolitan genus, with over 200 species, mostly occurring in the warmer regions of all continents apart from Antarctica.

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There are more than 60 species of wasps in genus Ammophila in North America, and it can be difficult to identify them to species. They tend to be medium-sized, slender, and generally black, with some amount of orange on the abdomen (the hindmost part of the body).

Native to sand dunes of the Atlantic Ocean from New England to South Carolina and along the shores of the Great Lakes, American Beach Grass is used extensively in dune stabilization. This grass helps build dunes by weaving intricate rhizomes, which can extend more than three feet beneath the sand and expand rapidly.

Found on the Atlantic coast and the lower Great Lakes, Ammophila breviligulata (American Beach Grass) is an evergreen perennial grass arising from horizontal and vertical underground rhizomes that can reach 20 ft. long and deep (6 m).

Ammophila sabulosa, the red-banded sand wasp, is a species of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the solitary hunting wasp family Sphecidae, also called digger wasps.

Description: This perennial grass is 2-4' tall at maturity. It forms a stiff culm about 2-30" tall that is terete and glabrous; this culm remains quite short if an inflorescence is not produced, in which case it is largely covered by the sheaths. Alternate leaves occur primarily toward the …

Cape American beachgrass \(Ammophila breviligulata\) is a native, cool-season, perennial bunch grass commonly used as a vegetative tool for dune stabilization purposes and to improve wildlife habitat.

Ammophila breviligulata Fern. Dune Stabilization: Major use is to stabilize moving sand along the Atlantic seacoast and Great Lakes region. It is the best species for the initial stabilization of frontal dunes.