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Phragmites grass can grow to ten feet in height. It often grows in disturbed areas.

Grasslands

Phragmites grasslands cover vast areas of Gateway, and are subject to frequent burning. Remnants of other more diverse grassland types, particularly at Floyd Bennett Field, are significant remnants of former habitats.

Throughout Gateway, barrier beaches like Breezy Point and sand spits like Sandy Hook and Crooke's Point are constantly being sculpted and changed by long shore currents and storms.  Learn about shore dynamics. View/print a pdf of the brochure, The Shifting Sands of Sandy Hook