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MR 76-3 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



m 

 DUNE STABILIZATION WITH PANICUM AMARUM ALONG 

 THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST 



TYPE OF REPORT ft PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



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• AUTHORfaJ 



E.D. Seneca 



W.W. Woodhouse, Jr. 



S.W. Broome 



CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERf*) 



DACW72-73-C-0025 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



North Carolina State University 

 Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 



G31265 



II. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-EC) 



Kingman Building. Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



REPORT DATE 



February 1976 



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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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American beachgrass 

 Bitter panicum 

 Dune building 



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Dune stabilization 



Erosion 



North Carolina coast 



Sea oats 

 Transplanting 

 Beach vegetation 



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This study was conducted to determine the dune stabilizing and dune 

 building potential of Paniaum amarum (bitter panicum) along the North Carolina 

 coast. A nursery was established with transplants collected from two coastal 

 locations to provide transplants for field experiments. Techniques for 

 propagation, handling, processing, and planting bitter panicum for use in 

 coastal areas were determined. Experimental plantings with emphasis on bitter 

 panicum together with Ammophila bveviligulata (American beachgrass) and 



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