Accession Number:

ADA002055

Title:

Propagation of Spartina alterniflora for Substrate Stabilization and Salt Marsh Development.

Descriptive Note:

Technical memo.,

Corporate Author:

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV RALEIGH

Personal Author(s):

• Woodhouse,W. W. , Jr.
• Seneca,E. D.
• Broome,S. W.

Report Date:

1974-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

157.0

Abstract:

Techniques were developed for propagation of Spartina alterniflora Loisel., smooth cordgrass, in the intertidal zone on dredge spoil and eroding shorelines. Both seeding and transplanting methods were successful. Transplants proved to be more tolerant of rigorous conditions such as storm waves and blowing sand, but seeding was more economical and was successful on protected sites. Vegetative development of seeded and transplanted areas was rapid with primary production equal to that of a long established marsh by the second growing season. At the end of the first growing season, more plant cover was produced from seeding at the rate of 100 viable seeks per square meter than from transplanting single-stem plants on a 0.9-meter spacing.

Descriptors:

• *EROSION
• *SHORES
• *GRASSES
• *ESTUARIES
• PROPAGATION
• OCEAN WAVES
• GROWTH(GENERAL)
• SUBSTRATES
• DRAINAGE
• STORMS
• PROTECTION
• MARINE BIOLOGY
• CIVIL ENGINEERING
• SOIL STABILIZATION
• SWAMPS
• PLANTS(BOTANY)

Subject Categories:

• Biological Oceanography
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE