Table 3. First-Year Aerial Yield of S. alterni flora 

 Transplants from Four Locations Grown in a 

 Flooded Nursery, Clayton, North Carolina. 



Source 

 of Plants 



Propagule 

 Description 



Aerial 



Yieldst 



(kg/ha) 



Oregon Inlet $ 



Plants 

 Seedlings§ 



2,314 

 5,786 



Drum Inlet $ 



Small 



Medium 



Large 



1,776 

 3,310 

 3,014 



Snow's Cut$ 



Small 



Medium 



Large 



619 



807 

 2,018 



Beaufort II 



Short 

 Tall 



915 

 646 



*Single stems transplanted on 61-centimeter 

 centers, May 1972; harvested October 1972. 



tComparable yield under sprinkler irrigation in 

 1971 was 1,695 kg/ha. Means of three samples 

 (individual plants for transplants and 0.25 m 2 

 areas for seedlings) . 



JPlants harvested from one location and graded 

 into large, medium and small size culms. 



§Seed broadcast 



II Tall and short height forms 



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