Volunteers have planted about 2,000 marram grass plants in sand dunes in Jersey to help protect them. The Government of Jersey's Environment Department said the grass would help stabilise the ...

The sand dunes have been planted with marram grass to help protect the area Mr Liddiard said the dunes were a "very popular spot", receiving many visitors each year.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada and a group of volunteers planted 2,000 marram grass plants in the St. Peter's harbour area of P.E.I. on the weekend.

How will marram grass help? The marram grass helps to trap the sand, giving the dunes a better chance of holding their shape.

Residents in Cornwall have been invited to plant grass at the dunes of a Cornish beach to try and stop changes to sand dunes. The National Trust and the Making Space For Sand project said ...

In the summer, those dunes would have been populated with small patches of sand verbena, sea rocket and a uniquely blue-tinted grass with wide leaves, among which nested shorebirds and other wildlife.

Despite the resilience of dunes during storms, they’re fragile: Marram grass, one of the most important dune-stabilizing plants, can be fatally trampled by as few as 10 footsteps.

After that, the number of trucks would be reduced as marram grass planted atop Mount Baldy takes hold and initially slows, then stops, the flow of sand across the top of the dune.

“As this happens, marram grass will spread its roots under the surface of the sand, creating a living web to hold the sand in place,” she said. While sand dunes are likely to reform, this ...

About 2,000 marram grass plants have been planted in Jersey sand dunes to help protect them The roots of marram grass stabilise the dunes by binding the sand together, helping to rebuild them The ...

About 2,000 marram grass plants have been planted in Jersey sand dunes to help protect them The roots of marram grass stabilise the dunes by binding the sand together, helping to rebuild them The ...