CONTENTS - Continued 



TABLES 



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34 Apparent Recovery of Fertilizer Nitrogen in the Shoots 



at Harvest 127 



35 The Relationship of Nutrient Concentration in the 



Plant Tissue to Nitrogen Rate 129 



36 Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Belowground 



Standing Crop (1972) 133 



37 Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Aboveground Growth 



at Ocracoke (1972) 134 



38 Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Belowground 



Standing Crop (1973) 135 



39 The Effect of Nitrogen and Iron Applications on 



S. altermiflova at Oak Island 137 



40 Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Short and Tall 



Height Forms of S. altemiflora at Oak Island, 1972 .... 140 



41 Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizers on Short 



S. alterniflora at Oak Island (1973) 141 



42 The Standing Crop of Seedlings at Beaufort to which 



Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizers were Applied 142 



43 Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizers on 



Growth of Seedlings on South Island near Drum Inlet .... 143 



44 The Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Growth of 



S. altern-iflora at Drum Inlet when applied at the 



Time of Transplanting 145 



FIGURES 



1 Experimental sites used in propagation studies 18 



2 Natural invasion by vegetative means 20 



3 Typical transplant, Oregon Inlet, 8 May 1970 22 



4 Flooded nursery, Clayton, North Carolina 24 



5 Flooded nursery 25 



