Dunes, Sea Oats and Beach Morning Glory
South Carolina, USA
Dunes, Sea Oats and Fiddle Leaf Morning Glory grow in the dunes along a coastal beach.
Sea oats is a long lived, slow growing, warm season, perennial grass commonly associated with the upper dunes along beach fronts. It is very drought tolerant, and will tolerate salt spray and brief inundation with salt water. It thrives in areas with blowing sand, and plays a vital role in shoreline stabilization. As a result, in many areas it is protected.
Beach morning glory (Ipomoea imperati) is a trailing evergreen vine with showy white flowers. It typically blooms in summer and fall but may bloom year-round. It occurs naturally on coastal dunes where it is also an important sand stabilizer. Although not seen here, the flowers bloom in the morning and begin to wilt and close up by afternoon, hence the common name “morning glory.”
Photo © copyright by Dr. Edward Mikol.
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