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CETA 82-3 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



SHORE EROSION CONTROL WITH SALT MARSH 

 VEGETATION 



TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Coastal Engineering 

 Technical Aid 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfsJ 



Paul L. Knutson 

 Margaret R. Inskeep 



a. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfaJ 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



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11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



February 1982 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



24 



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UNCLASSIFIED 



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Approved for public release, distribution unlimited. 



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Erosion cont^rol 

 Planting guidelines 



Salt jnarsh vegetation 

 Shoreline stabilization. 



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Salt marsh plants are effective in stabilizing eroding shorelines in many 

 sheltered coastal areas. Exceptional results have been achieved in a variety 

 of intertidal environments at a fraction of the cost required for comparable 

 structural protection. Techniques are available for the efficient propagation 

 of several marsh plants for use in shore stabilization. This report provides 

 a method for determining site suitability, establishes guidelines for planting 

 marshes to control erosion, and compares the costs of vegetation to structural 

 methods of erosion control. 



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