Two types of new propagules become established on washovers: seeds and 

 plant fragments. New species of flowering plants colonizing washovers on 

 Nauset Spit-Easthom and North Beach were recorded during 1978 and 1979 

 (Table 29). 



Table 29. Washover species list, Nauset Spit-Eastham. 



Species F 1 S' 1978 1979 



o 3 st^ b 5 o 3 b 5 



Agropyron pungens x 



Ammophila bveviligulata x 



Arenavia pe-plaid.ee x 



Artemisia caudata 

 Artemisia stelleriana x 



A triplex arenaria 

 Atriplex patula 

 Cakile edentula 

 Carex silicea 

 Chenopodium albidum 

 Convolvulus eepium 

 Euphorbia polygonifolia 

 Lathy mis japonicus x 



Oenothera biennis 



Panicum virgatum 



Rhus radicans x 



Salsola kali 



Solidago se*rpervirens x 



Spartina altermiflotyz 

 Spartina vatens x 



Suaeda rrur itima 

 Xanthium echinatum 



l F * regenerated from fragnents. 



2 S =■ seedlings. 



3 o = oceanic drift line. 



"*st ■ storm drift pile. 



5 b » bay drift line. 



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