Table 2. List of selected species used in transplant studies in Blocks 
I through IV, 
Common name ocientific name if 
Giant reed Arundo donax 
Black mangrove Avicemnta germtnans Avtcennta ntttda 
Seashore saltgrass, | Dtstichlis spicata D. spteata var, spicata 
saltgrass 
Needlegrass Juncus roemertanus 
Common reed Phragmttes communis Phragmites australis 
American bulrush Setrpus americanus 
Olney bulrush Setrpus olneyt Setprus chilensis 
Saltmarsh bulrush Setrpus robustus Setrpus marttimus 
Smooth cordgrass Spartina alterntflora| S. alterniflora var. glabra 
Big cordgrass Spartina cynosurotdes 
Gulf cordgrass Spartina spartinae 
sacahuista 
Saltcedar Tamarix galltca 
transplant could not be located. The number of tillers per surviving 
transplant, tiller height, and height of the original transplant was 
determined. Height classes were separated at 10 centimeter intervals 
with plants above 100 centimeters placed in class 11. Percent survival 
and percent absent were derived by dividing green or absent by the total 
number planted. The average number of tillers was derived by dividing 
number of tillers by number of green transplants. 
Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) seeds collected by hand 
on two different dates (10 November and 1 December) in the fall of 1973 
were used to determine storage procedures and germination methods. All 
seeds were stored at 6° Celsius for at least 6 weeks before germination 
tests. Some seeds were stored dry while others were stored in seawater 
containing 8,000 ppm salinity (Mooring, Cooper, and Seneca, 1971). All 
seeds were checked for the presence of caryopsis within glumes before 
germination tests were conducted. Petri dish tops with filter paper were 
sterilized in an autoclave. One hundred seeds of a test type were placed 
in each petri dish and sealed with saran wrap and with a rubberband. 
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