Don’t Touch the Sea Oats
Did you know picking or destroying sea oats along our coast is illegal? Walking on the sand dunes and picking sea oats is prohibited by a law enacted in 1973 by the Alabama legislature. This is because vegetation is essential to our coast’s ecosystem. Rooted throughout our sugar-white dunes, they do draw the eye. But as the adage goes: Look but don’t touch. Sea oats are not just some weed. They look like tall grass or stalks of wheat, and [...]
