CONTENTS 



TABLES-Continued 



Page 



8 Total percent cover for all vegetation from transects 



measured at various locations in the five study areas 47 



9 Sum of Importance Values (IV) for commom species (planted 



and invading) for experimental dunes 49 



10 Distance from the east base line to MSL for the study 



locations with beach cross-sectional profiles 54 



11 Sum of Importance Values (IV) for common species becoming 



established within 225 feet of the planted dunes 



(bayward) 56 



FIGURES 



1 Map of Padre Island, Texas 10 



2 Schematic cross-sectional profile of north Padre Island and 



some dominant plants of major communities 12 



3 Location of north Padre Island experimental plantings 15 



4 Experimental foredunes 17 



5 Foredune study segments 21 



6 Cross-sectional beach and dune profiles for the unplanted 



natural dune area 22 



7 Cross-sectional beach and dune profiles for the 1,200-foot 



sea oats dune 23 



8 Cross-sectional beach and dune profiles for the dune- 



width extension dune 24 



9 Cross-sectional beach and dune profiles for the 1,100-foot 



bitter panicum dune 25 



10 Cross-sectional beach and dune profiles for the 1,200-foot 



bitter panicum dune 26 



11 Sand volumes accumulated above planting elevation for four 



study dunes 29 



12 Mean cross-sectional profiles of the unplanted natural 



area 30 



