CONTENTS (Continued) 



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8. IMPROVED STRAINS OF AMERICAN BEACHGRASS 38 



9. DUNE BUILDING 38 



10. GENERAL EXPERIENCE 41 



a. Fertilizing Large Areas 41 



b. Planting 42 



11. RECOMMENDED PRACTICES 42 



a. American Beachgrass 42 



b. Other Grasses 43 



c. Planting Location of Al I Grasses 43 



LITERATURE CITED 45 



ILLUSTRATIONS 

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1. Rate of Accumulation of Windblown Sand on American Beachgrass 

 Planting - Ocracoke Island. February 1965 - Average of 



Two Sites 5 



2. American Beachgrass on Which Sand Accumulation is Charted in 

 Figure I - Photo taken October 20, 1965 6 



3. Fertilized American Beachgrass, II Months after Fertilization 



was Initiated. Hatteras Island 10 



4. Unfertilized American Beachgrass on a Check Plot Adjacent to 

 Figure 3 - Hatteras Island 10 



5. Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Unfertilized in Foreground - Fertilized 

 in Background, II Months after Fertilization Began - Broadleaved 

 Plant is Pennywort - Ocracoke Island II 



6. Seasonal Growth Curve - American Beachgrass 19 



7. Seasonal Distribution of Nitrogen Concentration 20 



8. Seasonal Distribution of Nitrogen Uptake 21 



