Table 2. 



Regional 



adaption o 



f fore 



dune plants. 





Major species 



North 

 Atlantic 



South 

 Atlantic 



Gulf 



North 

 Pacific 



South 

 Pacific 



Great 

 Lakes 



American 

 beachgrass 



1 



1, 2 





4 





1 



European 

 beachgrass 









1 



1 



4 



Sea oats 





3 



3 









Bitter panicum 



3 



1, 3 



1 









Saltmeadow 

 cordgrass 



4 



4 



4 









American 

 dunegrass 









4, 6 



4, 6 





Secondary or 

 regional species 



Seashore elder 





6 



6, 2 









Bermuda grass 



7 



7 



7 









Knotgrass or 



seashore paspalum 





4 



4 









Ice plant 









5, 2 



5 





Sand verbena 









6 



6 





Beach bur 









6 







Wildrye 













4 



St. Augustine grass 





7 



7 









Prairie sandreed 









4 







Beach morningglory 





4 



4 









1. Dominant planted species 



2. Part of region only 



3. Valuable in mixture 



4. Widely distributed, seldom planted 



5. Stabilization only 



6. Valuable, planting methods undeveloped 



7. Specialized uses 



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