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1. REPORT NUMBER 



CETA 77-3 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



PLANTING GUIDELINES FOR MARSH DEVELOPMENT 

 AND BANK STABILIZATION 



5. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Coastal Engineering 

 Technical Aid 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfoJ 



Paul L. Knutson 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfu) 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



G31S30 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



August 1977 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 

 21 



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15. SECURITY CLASS, (ot thle report) 



UNCLASSIFIED 



16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (ot thle Report) 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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IS. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Co 



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Bank stabilization 



Erosion 



Marsh development 



Marsh plants 

 Planting guidelines 



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Marsh plants are effective in stabilizing eroding banks in many sheltered 

 coastal areas. Exceptional results have been achieved in a variety of inter- 

 tidal environments at a fraction of the cost required for comparable structur- 

 al protection. Techniques are available for the efficient propagation of 

 several marsh plants for use in bank stabilization. This report provides 

 guidelines for (a) selecting plants and planting methods, (b) determining 

 seed application rate and plant spacing, (c) determining fertilization 

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