Table 5. Summary of community types at the CERC Field 
Research Facility with approximate acreage. 
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Hectares (acres), +10 percent 
Community types Levy (1976) Present study 
Foredune (FD) oh Gr) Soh (8.5) 
Oceanside intershrub (01S) Sof) CUACO) De’) (oil) 
Oceanside shrub (OSS) oS (iit @)) 53. (AAI) 
Planted American beachgrass (PBG)| 12.1 (30.0) 18.0 (44.5)1 
Planted bitter panicum (PBP) Ler? (3.0) == Cc) 
Sandgrass-buttonweed (SG/BW) G0) Deon COnG)) 
Low dune grass (LDG) (40.0) ORG. C2 5ry7p) 
Sound-side shrub (SSS) (7.0) GO mn GiGi) 
Sound-side disturbed (SSD) . (4.0) 20 (S02 
Wetland (WL) ‘ (1.0) O24 CRO) 
Spurge-sandgrass (S/SG) Gira) 0 (0) 
Barren sand dunes (27.0) G50 C6033) 
Interdunal marsh (IDM) 0.2 (0.5) 
Sandgrass (SG) 0.6 Gi) 
Roadside disturbed (RSD) 0.4 Gea) 
Roads 15) Gey 
Total 60.6 (150.0) 65.4) Cola) 
1. PBG and PBP combined in present study. 
2. Separated into SSD-H (sound-side disturbed-herbaceous) (0.3 hectare, 
0.8 acre) and SSD-S (sound-side disturbed-shrub) (1.7 hectares, 4.2 
acres). 
3. Separated into bulrush wetland (0.3 hectare, 0.8 acre) and reed 
wetland (0.08 hectare, 0.2 acre). 
4. Buildings added since 1976. 
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