Table 7. Mean number of leaves per transect for four dune grasses at 

 Drum Inlet, North Carolina, 1973. 



Treatment 



Plot 



No. 



Mean No. leaves 

 per 14-m transect 





A^ 



p2 



S^ 



U^ 















NJ-327 American beachgrass 



Cape American beachgrass 



Hatteras beachgrass 



Bitter panicum (Hatteras) 



Hatteras beachgrass plus 

 Bitter panicum (Hatteras) 



Bitter panicum (Hatteras) plus 

 Sea oats (Drum Inlet) 



Hatteras beachgrass plus 

 Bitter panicum (Hatteras) plus 

 Sea oats (Drum Inlet) 



1 

 12 



2 

 14 



3 

 13 



4 

 8 



5 

 11 



6 

 10 



7 

 9 



104.33 

 201.67 



105.00 

 158.11 



162.00 

 167.89 



78.11 

 81.89 



1.56 

 5.33 



29.22 

 35.78 



0.33 

 2.78 



1.44 



69,78 



37.78 



17.22 

 32.00 



19.22 

 32.44 



9.44 

 9.89 



2.11 

 3.78 



4.56 

 5.56 



6.89 

 0.56 



8.44 

 3.33 



4.33 

 14.33 



3.56 



4.67 

 15.89 



4,33 

 15.22 



7.89 

 59.11 



66.33 

 61.33 



19.11 

 41.67 



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



2. Ammophila breviligulata (American beachgrass). 



3. Panioum cavarum (bitter panicum) , 



4. Spartina patens (saltmeadow cordgrass) , 



5. Uniola pan-iculata (sea oats). 



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