CONTENTS 



TABLES-Continued 



Page 



12 Mean aboveground biomass for five dune plants at Drum 



Inlet, 1974 35 



13 Cumulative mean volume of sand accumulated over 3-, 15-, 



and 27-month periods at Drum Inlet 38 



FIGURES 



1 Vanicwn amarnjm (bitter panicum) near Duck 8 



2 Map of bitter panicum sites of origin, nursery, and 



experimental planting sites 10 



3 Bitter panicum nursery at Clayton, North Carolina, 1972, 



6 months after establishment II 



4 Bitter panicum transplants; pruned and unpruned 12 



5 Experimental planting site at Duck, June 1973 13 



6 Experimental planting site at Drum Inlet, March 1973 15 



7 Experimental planting site at Duck, September 1973 17 



8 Experimental planting site at Duck, June 1974 21 



9 Experimental planting site at Duck, September 1974 21 



10 Sand accumulation on the sound side of 0.61-meter fence at 



Drum Inlet planting site. May 1973 27 



11 Experimental planting of American beachgrass, bitter 



panicum, and sea oats at Drum Inlet 27 



12 Bitter panicum treatment in experimental planting at 



Drum Inlet, September 1973 31 



13 Bitter panicum treatment in experimental planting at 



Drum Inlet, October 1974 31 



14 Experimental planting of American beachgrass, bitter 



panicum, and sea oats at Drum Inlet, October 1974 33 



15 Hatteras beachgrass treatment in experimental planting at 



Drum Inlet 36 



