CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II BACKGROUND 7 



III DETERMINING SITE SUITABILITY 7 



1. Evaluating Wave Climate 7 



2. Other Environmental Factors 10 



IV PLANTING GUIDELINES 10 



1. Selecting Plant Species 10 



2. Site Preparation 10 



3. Planting 11 



4. Planting Specifications for Principal Species 13 



5. Other Useful Species 16 



V FERTILIZATION 19 



VI MAINTENANCE 20 



VII COSTS 20 



VIII EXAMPLE PROBLEM 21 



LITERATURE CITED 24 



FIGURES 



1 Oldest recorded salt marsh planting 8 



2 Vegetative stabilization site evaluation form 9 



3 Smooth cordgrass sprig 11 



4 Hand planting by workers from North Carolina State at Raleigh 12 



5 Machine planting by workers from North Carolina State at Raleigh 12 



6 Smooth cordgrass 14 



7 Pacific cordgrass 15 



8 Lyngbye's sedge 17 



9 Tufted hairgrass 18 



10 Cost comparison of various shore stabilization methods 21 



