Table 8. Mean number of culms per transect for four dune grasses at 

 Drum Inlet, North Carolina, 1973. 



Treatment 



Plot 

 No. 



Mean No 

 per 14-m 



. culms 

 transect 





A^ 



P^ 



s' 



U^ 















NJ-327 American beachgrass 



1 

 12 



27.56 

 61.89 



0.22 

 0.78 



0.09 

 1.11 



1.33 

 2.78 



Cape American beachgrass 



2 

 14 



31.22 

 42.00 





1.67 

 2.67 



1.33 



Hatteras beachgrass 



3 

 13 



37.00 

 36.22 



0.44 



2.00 



0.89 

 3.44 



Bitter panicum (Hatteras) 



4 

 8 





15.89 

 11.56 



0.22 



1.11 



4.89 



Hatteras beachgrass plus 

 Bitter panicum (Hatteras) 



5 

 11 



17.78 

 23.89 



5.00 

 8.56 





1.89 

 13.67 



Bitter panicum (Hatteras) plus 

 Sea oats (Drum Inlet) 



6 

 10 



0.44 

 1.22 



4.22 

 8.67 



3.89 



18.44 

 16.11 



Hatteras beachgrass plus 

 Bitter panicum (Hatteras) plus 

 Sea oats (Drum Inlet) 



7 

 9 



10.22 

 8.00 



3.00 

 3.11 



1.67 



5.78 

 9.89 



1. Based on nine transects per plot per treatment, n = 126, 



2. Ammophila breviligulata (American beachgrass). 



3. Panicum amarum (bitter panicum). 



4. Spartina patens (saltmeadow cordgrass) . 



5. Uniola paniaulata (sea oats). 



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