Table 7. Summary of cordgrass planting results. 



Site 



Fetch 

 (km) 



Plant materials 



Effectiveness 



Alameda Creek 









Areas 









1 



7 to 22 



Seeds 



Failure 







Sprigs 

 Plugs 



Failure 

 Failure 



2 



9 to 22 



Plugsl 



Failure 







Cordgrass- 

 mussels 



Failure 



3 



6 to 27 



Cordgrass- 

 mussels 



Success^ 



4 



6 to 27 



Cordgrass- 

 mussels 



Failure 



5 



7 



Cordgrass- 

 mussels 



Success 



6 



0.5 



Seeds^ 



Success 







Plugs3 

 Cordgrass- 



Success 

 Success 







mussels 





Pond 3 



0.5 



Sprigs'* 



Success 



San Mateo 



14 to 21 



Seeds 



Failure 







Sprigs 

 Plugs 1 



Failure 

 Failure 



Point Pinole 



4 to 11 



Sprigs 



Failure 







Plugsl 



Failure 



^Plugs with and without individual wave breakers. 

 ^Planted in an established cordgrass-mussel mat. 

 ^U.S. Army Engineer District, San Francisco, 1976. 

 '^Morris and Newcombe, 1978. 



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