he bookstore 



Jack Frost may be nipping at your 

 nose now, but it'll be planting season 

 before you know it. Sea Grant's 

 coastal flora-and-fauna gardening 

 guides make springy winter reading. 



New Know-How On 

 Checking Erosion 



If you've got a problem with 

 estuarine shoreline erosion, you'll find 

 nearly everything you need to know 

 in a new Sea Grant publication, 

 Shoreline Erosion Control Using 

 Marsh Vegetation and Low-Cost 

 Structures. 



This 20-page illustrated manual 

 describes how to cultivate or trans- 

 plant marsh vegetation for estuarine 

 erosion control and how to fertilize 

 and maintain it. The manual also 

 illustrates placement and construction 

 of an offshore breakwater, which 

 combined with a planted marsh can 

 protect precious shorelines. 



The guide, written by Sea Grant 

 researchers and N.C. State University 

 professors Stephen Broome and 

 Ernest Seneca and Sea Grant coastal 

 engineering specialist Spencer 

 Rogers, features up-to-date planting 

 tips and advice on site suitability. 



For a copy, write Sea Grant. The 

 cost is $2.50. Ask for publication 

 number UNC-SG-92-12. 



Bolstering Dunes 

 With Vegetation 



Dunes are fragile structures that 

 require protection and maintenance to 

 continue their normal function. 

 Whether initiating formation of a new 

 barrier dune or patching bare areas on 

 an existing dune, selection of plant 

 species is important. 



Building and Stabilizing Coastal 

 Dunes with Vegetation provides 

 instructions on transplanting, fertiliz- 

 ing and maintaining dune grasses with 

 detailed information on plant species. 



The cost of this 20-page illustrated 

 manual is $1.50. Write for publication 

 number UNC-SG-82-05. 



Seaside Landscaping 



Many new oceanside homeowners 

 picture a dream cottage framed in a 

 setting of luxuriant vegetation. But 

 this vision of greenery can lure even 

 the greenest thumb to disaster. 



Seaside, the hinterland rules of 

 plant selection, use and culture are 

 subject to drastic revision. Many 

 coastal nurseries are fully aware of 

 these amendments. Their help with 

 beach plantings can be invaluable. 

 Nevertheless, many cottagers will 

 decide to take on this job as a do-it- 

 yourself project. 



Seacoast Plants of the Carolinas 

 for Conservation and Beautification 

 offers the uninitiated an opportunity to 

 accept these challenges. 



This 206-page illustrated hand- 

 book details the use of native plants 

 for landscaping and stabilizing coastal 

 soils. 



Copies are $4.50 apiece. Write Sea 

 Grant and ask for UNC-SG-73-06. 



Seaside Sandy Anchors 

 Are More Than Meets 

 The Eye 



Dunes are a beautiful backdrop to 

 the roaring ocean. But the sandy 

 mounds and the plants that stabilize 

 them offer more than beauty. 



They offer protection. They buffer 

 inland areas from wind, waves, tides 

 and storms. 



Although sand makes the dune, 

 vegetation holds it in place. And the 

 plants that stabilize dunes have some 

 special adaptive features that enable 

 them to withstand the harsh beach 

 environment. 



To learn more about the ecology 

 and biology of our coastal dunes, send 

 for a copy of A Guide To Ocean Dune 



Plants Common to North Carolina. 



This 72-page guide will teach you 

 about dune habitat and the plants — 

 trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and grasses 

 — that call this environment home. It 

 contains more than 50 botanically 

 accurate drawings of dune plants 

 frequently found on Tar Heel 

 beaches. 



For a copy, write Sea Grant. Ask 

 for UNC-SG-87-01. The price is 

 $4.50. 



A Companion Piece: 

 Salt Marsh Plants 



As a companion to our dune plant 

 guide, Sea Grant offers a smaller, but 

 equally informative, Guide to Salt 

 Marsh Plants Common to North 

 Carolina. 



This guide describes the plants 

 that live in the brackish tidal waters of 

 the salt marsh. Like their cousins on 

 the dunes, salt marsh plants also have 

 some special features that allow them 

 to adapt to the tidal marshes. 



To identify the marsh plants, this 

 guide also includes botanically 

 accurate drawings of more than 25 

 shrubs, vines, herbs and grasses. 



For a copy, write Sea Grant. Ask 

 for UNC-SG-81-04. The cost is $2. 



Ordering Information 



When ordering Sea Grant 

 publications, please write your name 

 and address as clearly as possible. If 

 there is a charge for a publication, be 

 sure to enclose a check made payable 

 to Sea Grant, unless otherwise 

 specified. 



Send publication requests to: 

 Publications, Sea Grant, Box 8605, 

 N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC 

 27695. If you wish to order multiple 

 copies or need further assistance, 

 contact Carole Purser, distribution 

 manager, at 919/515-2454. 



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