PLANTING GUIDELINES FOR MARSH DEVELOPMENT AND BANK STABILIZATION 



by 

 Paul L. Knutson 



I . INTRODUCTION 



This report contains information which supplements Chapter 6 of the 

 Shore Protection Manual (SPM) (U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal 

 Engineering Research Center, 1975) 1 . The objective of the report is to 

 provide guidelines for the establishment of vegetation for marsh develop- 

 ment and bank stabilization in coastal areas. 



II. SELECTING PLANTS AND PLANTING METHOD 



The appropriate species and planting method may be determined in the 

 following manner. 



STEP ONE : Select the description from each of the following categories 

 which best describes the site to be planted. 



GEOGRAPHICAL AREA 



Atlantic coast 



Gulf coast 



Pacific coast (southern) 



TIDAL ELEVATION 



Mean low water (MLW) to mean tide level (MTL) 



MTL to mean high water (MHW) 



MHW to estimated highest tide (EHT) 



TIDAL RANGE 



0.0 to 3.0 feet (1.0 meter) 

 3.0 feet or greater 



SALINITY 



to 20 parts per thousand 

 21 to 40 parts per thousand 

 41 to 60 parts per thousand 



HJ.S. ARMY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER, 

 Shore Protection Manual , 2d ed. , Vols. I, II, and III, Stock No. 008-002- 

 00077-1, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1975, 1,160 pp. 



