Table 14. Mean Standing Crops Produced from 

 S. alterniflora seed in Two 

 Growing Seasons.* 



Plant Component 



Dry Weight (g/m 2 )t 





22 Sept. 70 



8 Sept. 71 



Shoots 



Rhizomes 



Roots 



17.5 



7.0 



17.5 



273.3 

 X 



t 



*Planted in rows 1 meter apart at 

 Oregon Inlet, 21 April 1970. 



tMeans of three samples 



$No data taken 



Table 15. A Comparison of Growth Measurements of S. alterniflora 

 Seedlings from Two Seeding Methods. 



Aerial 

 Dry Wt. 

 (g/m 2 ) 



Number 

 Flowers/m 2 



Total 

 Culms/m 2 



Height 

 (cm) 



Oregon Inlet 



* (seeded 22 Apr., harvested 1 Sept. 1971) 



Clay slurry 

 Raked 



101.2 

 60.0 



72.0 

 25.2 



208.0 

 173.2 



41.3 

 30.3 



Snow's Cut 



(seeded 24 Mar., harvested 15 Sept. 1971) 



Raked (Plot 1) 

 Raked (Plot 2) 



1,236.8 

 685.6 



260.0 

 120.0 



480.0 

 388.0 



116.0 

 116.0 



^Means of three replications 



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