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ILLUSTRATIONS (Continued) 



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9. First-Year Growth of American Beachgrass. North Carolina 



Forestry Nursery, Clayton, N. C , 29 



10. Sea Oat Seedlings in August Following Direct Seeding in March - 

 Ocracoke Island 30 



11. Sea Oats, First Year After Transplanting from Nursery (2 Rows 

 Center and Left) - Ocracoke Island 30 



12. Effect of Number of Stems per Hill on First-Year Growth of 

 American Beachgrass - Average of Two Sites 33 



13. An unusually Vigorous Strain of American Beachgrass (Center 4 

 Rows). Photo taken near end of first growing season after 

 transplanting to the banks. Note new plants emerging 



between rows 39 



14. Machine Planting of American Beachgrass, Using 2-Row Planter - 



Core Banks, November 1965 39 



15. Unplanted Section - 4-foot Sand Fence, Full, 8 Months after 



Instal lation - Ocracoke 40 



16. Section Planted 25 Feet Wide to American Beachgrass with 4-foot 

 Sand Fence Instal led on the Front. Photo 8 months after 



planting 40 



Table 



1. Growth Response of American Beachgrass to Fertilizers - 



Hatteras Island 8 



2. Growth Response of Saltmeadow Cordgrass to Fertilizers - 



Ocracoke Island 9 



3. Response of American Beachgrass to Phosphorus - Hatteras Island 12 



4. Response of Saltmeadow Cordgrass to Phosphorus - Ocracoke Island 12 



5. Response of American Beachgrass to Nitrogen, Phosphorus and 

 Potassium 13 



6. Source of Nitrogen on Dune Grasses - Initiated Spring 1964 . . 14 



