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Assateague Ecological Studies, Vol. 2 University of Maryland

Excerpt from Assateague Ecological Studies, Vol. 2: Final Report; Environmental Threats A second area on the strand that has received attention regarding land stabilization is the back or secondary dune area. Again, the problem here is one of stabilizing structures against the naturally destructive forces mentioned earlier and against the potentially destruo tive effects of intense longterm use of the back dune area by park visi tors and campers. Considerable practical testing of stabilization tech niques has been completed in the back dune areas that offer good solutions (sharp, Since the back dune area is somewhat protected from salt spray, wind and inundation, there is a wider range of vegetation types that will grow well to effectively Stabilize these areas. This group includes the var ious grasses listed in Table I and also includes a number of woody plants. On Cape God, in 1965, vegetation types other than American beach grass were introduced in both open areas and protected areas already covered with grass. The following plants did very well in protected areas and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.