PREFACE 



This report is a guideline for making plantings for dune creation 

 and stabilization in the coastal zone. The guideline is intended to 

 augment information in Chapter 6 of the Shore Protection Manual (SPM) , 

 (U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, 

 1975). 



The report was prepared by Paul L. Knutson, Coastal Ecology Branch, 

 under the general supervision of R.M. Yancey. Illustrations were pre- 

 pared by the author and L. Martin. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th 

 Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



JOHN H. COUSINS 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



