Table 12. Mean aboveground biomass for five dune plants at Drum Inlet, North Carolina, 1974. 



Treatment 



Plot 

 No. 



Oceanside 

 or sound 

 side of 

 dune 



Mean aboveground dr 

 weight (g/m2) 



y 





^' 



E^ 



P^ 



S^ 



u* 



















NJ-327 American beachgrass 



1 

 12 



ocean 

 sour 



sound 



162 

 73 

 120 

 223 



3 



23 



50 

 25 



4 



25 

 13 



Cape American beachgrass 



2 

 14 



sound 

 sound 



120 

 110 

 214 

 345 



1 



43 



12 

 6 



3 





Hatteras beachgrass 



3 

 13 



sound 

 sound 



268 

 174 

 225 

 234 





6 

 35 



2 



1 



Bitter panicum (Hatteras) 



4 

 8 



sound 

 ocean 

 sound 







142 

 49 



157 

 58 





14 



Hatteras beachgrass plus 

 Bitter panicum (Hatteras) 



5 

 11 



ocean 

 sound 

 ocean 

 sound 



142 

 100 

 87 

 84 





45 

 57 

 117 

 58 





3 



34 

 43 



Bitter panicum (Hatteras) plus 

 Sea oats (Drum Inlet) 



6 

 10 



sound 

 sound 



16 





90 

 68 

 86 

 200 





116 

 119 

 60 

 34 



Hatteras beachgrass plus 

 Bitter panicum (Hatteras) plus 

 Sea oats (Drum Inlet) 



7 

 9 



ocean 

 sound 

 ocean 

 sound 



99 

 24 

 116 

 46 



1 



29 

 82 

 82 

 33 



10 



143 

 5 



22 



1 



Based on eight l-square-meter sample subplots on oceanside and eight 

 plot per treatment, n = 224. 



Ajrrnophila breviligulata (American beachgrass). 

 Euphorbia potygonifotia (seaside spurge) . 

 Panvcian amarum (bitter panicum) . 

 Spartina patens (saltmeadow cordgrass). 

 Uniola paniculata (sea oats) . 



sound side of dune per 



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