{"id":177,"date":"2014-04-16T09:51:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T16:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ext100.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/?p=177"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:21:09","slug":"beach-weeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/2014\/04\/16\/beach-weeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandmat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scotch broom, gorse, and thistle all seem to love the beach. Special care must be taken when applying any herbicides to sandy soils &#8211; herbicides can be washed into groundwater fairly easliy. The best defense &#8211; native plants.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2062\/2014\/10\/Cardionema_ramosissimum_1-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lawns are difficult to maintain, especially when the landowner only visits in the summer months. One of the most frustrating native plants that plague lawns is known as <strong>sandmat<\/strong> <em>(Cardionema ramosissima)<\/em>. It appears to be a small mossy looking plant, and had a seed pod with a very sharp barb, capable of sticking in mower tires and spreading along sandy areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although this plant is not a &#8220;noxious&#8221; weed, because it is native, we do have some suggestions for minimizing it&#8217;s presence in recreation areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>click on link below to download information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/04\/Sandmat-brochure-2024.pdf\">Sandmat brochure 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotch broom, gorse, and thistle all seem to love the beach. Special care must be taken when applying any herbicides to sandy soils &#8211; herbicides can be washed into groundwater [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_external_link":"","_expiration_date":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10888,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/10888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}