LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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I. Detailed sketch of Shackleford Bank 9 



II. -A. Portion of the outer beach, showing a small dune built up by 

 TJniola paniculata. Around it are remnants of a destroyed 



forest 10 



B. The stable barrier dune of the outer beach on Bogue Bank. 



formed by TJniola paniculata. (Photo by R. E. Coker) 10 



III. A. Face view of the barrier dune on Bogue Bank 12 



B. View of thicket woodland and marsh, taken from the sand wall. . 12 



IV. A. Thicket woodland. The trees, Juniperus virginiana and the 



woody vines, Berchemia scandens 14 



B. Dune marsh and thicket woodland 14 



V. A. Open woodland, the sand drifting in to the right. Quercus vir- 

 giniana and Juniperus virginiana 16 



B. Salt marshes {Spartina and Salicornia) near the Fisheries Lab- 

 oratory. (Photo by R. E. Coker) 16 



VI. A. Creek marsh and thicket woodland 18 



B. Creek marsh and thicket woodland 18 



VII. A. Dune marsh and thicket woodland; on the right the advancing 



sand( wall 20 



B. View from the sand wall across the island to the sound 20 



VIII. .4. Sand wall advancing on woodland 22 



B. "Graveyard" of forest, some of the dead trees covered with lianas 22 



IX. A. Dead Juniperus covered with lianas 24 



B. View of High Hill from the sound, showing the rise of the land 



at this point 24 



X. A. Isolated grove of live-oak {Quercus virginiana) on the mainland; 



similar to those on Shackleford. (Photo by W. D. Hoyt) 26 



B. Small dune formed by Iva oraria: in the foreground is Sjiar- 



tina patens 26 



XI. Ilex vomitoria as a wind-break in exposed localities 28 



