CONTENTS 



Page 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II PROCEDURES 8 



1. Literature Search 8 



2. Field Survey 9 



III FIELD OBSERVATIONS 9 



1 . Lake Superior 9 



2. Lake Michigan 13 



3. Lake Huron 18 



4. Lake Erie 21 



5. Lake Ontario 21 



IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 24 



1. Literature Review 24 



2. Field Survey 24 



V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 32 



LITERATURE CITED 34 



TABLES 



1 Scorecard indexing erosion control potential of 



plant species 10 



2 Sampling points along the Great Lakes shoreline 12 



3 Characteristics of plants identified during 



literature review 26 



4 Characteristics of plants identified during 



field survey 28 



5 Plant species with good to excellent potential 



for erosion abatement 29 



FIGURES 



1 Locations of sampling points along the Great Lakes 11 



2 Sand blowout caused by wind erosion 14 



3 A secondary colonizer, sand cherry, invading a 



sand dune 15 



