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Title:

SAND DUNE EROSION CONTROL AT PROVINCETOWN, MASS.

Accession Number:

00204580

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

STABILIZATION OF SAND DUNES IS DISCUSSED, SHOWING RESULTS OF METHODS MOST ECONOMICAL AND FEASIBLE FOR THE PROVINCETOWN AREA. MACHINE PLANTING OF BEACHGRASS WITH A SPACING OF 18 BY 36 IN. AND THE USE OF FERTILIZER IS AN EXCELLENT METHOD FOR REVEGETATING DUNES. SEVERAL SPECIES OF GRASSES HAVE BEEN SCREENED FOR DIRECT SEEDING ON DUNE AREAS. PANICUM AMARULUM, TALL FESCUE AND WEEPING LOVEGRASS HAVE PRODUCED SATISFACTORY RESULTS. THE USE OF VARIOUS MULCHES IN GRASS ESTABLISHMENT FOR DIRECT SEEDING HAS BEEN OF LITTLE VALUE. REPAIRING AND REVEGETATING OF DUNES ARE DISCUSSED. SHRUBS AND TREES FOR CLIMAX VEGETATION HAVE BEEN EVALUATED FOR DUNE PLANTINGS. /AUTHOR/

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Monograph Title:

Roadside development

Monograph Accession #:

01410051

Authors:

Zak, John M
Bredakis, Evangel

Pagination:

pp 54-61

Publication Date:

1965

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 93
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (7) ; Tables (2)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Stabilization

Geographic Terms:

Provincetown (Massachusetts)

Subject Areas:

Design; Economics; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 12 1994 12:00AM

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