Table 9. First-Year Performance of S. alterniflora Plant Sources 

 at Drum Inlet.* 



Transplant 

 Source 



Survival 

 (percent) 



Aerial 

 Dry Wt. 

 (kg/ha) 



Height 

 (cm) 



Rhizome 



Culms/ 



Hill 



Total No. 



Culms/ 



Hill 



Oregon Inlet 



71.0 



1,840 



91.0 



1.2 



18.9 



Clayton 



80.0 



1,186 



71.0 



1.8 



8.6 



Ocracoke 



74.0 



1,464 



75.0 



6.4 



13.6 



Drum Inlet 



78.0 



1,288 



74.0 



4.7 



9.7 



Snow ' s Cut 



50.0 



1,320 



69.0 



4.7 



9.3 



LSDt 0.05 

 0.01 



11,0 



14.8 



t 

 J 



15.4 



t 



3.6 



x 



7.0 

 t 



transplanted 30 May 1972; harvested 3 October 1972, 

 Three row plots, randomized complete block design 

 with three blocks; three samples per plot (indi- 

 vidual plants) . 



tLeast significant difference 



jNot significant 



Table 10. First-Year P< 



jrformance 



of Plant Sources at Oreg 



on Inlet.* 



Transplant 

 Source 



Aerial 



Dry Wt. 



(g/plant) 



Survival 

 (percent) 



Height 



(cm) 



Rhizome 

 Culms/ 

 Plant 



Total No. 

 Culms/ 

 Plant 



Number 



Flowers/ 



Plant 



Snow ' s Cut 

 Oregon Inlet 



6 

 23 



27 

 65 



50 

 96 



1 

 11 



7 

 12 





 5 



v Transpl anted 31 March 1971, samples 31 August 1971 

 Means of three samples (individual plants) . 



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