Spikelets 1.5–4 cm long, with 6–12 florets. Awns less than 15 mm long. Rhachilla glabrescent. Glumes subequal. Lemmas 7–12 mm long, mucronate or with awn to 14 mm long. Tuftedperennial to 80 cm high. Coastal dunes and riparian habitats. Short-awned WheatgrassElymus multiflorus