marram
/ˈmɛrəm/
noun
- A tough, coarse grass that grows on sandy beaches and dunes, often used to help stabilize sand.
- Marram is one of the few plants that can survive in salty, shifting sand.
- Walking barefoot on the beach, I stepped on a patch of sharp marram.
- The conservationists planted marram grass to stop the dunes from eroding.