PREFACE 



This report is a planting guideline for marsh development and bank 

 stabilization. It 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 prepared 

 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 



