Production and standing crop patterns of giant cutgrass (Zizaniopsis miliacea) in a freshwater tidal marsh
✍ Scribed by Joe B. Birch; James L. Cooley
- Book ID
- 104740748
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 626 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0029-8549
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Growth cycles and production of aboveground and belowground giant cutgrass (Zizaniopsis miliacea (Michx.) Doell and Asch.) were studied in a freshwater tidal marsh along the lower Savannah River near Savannah, Georgia, USA. Minimum aboveground live standing crop (142 g/m) occurred in March with a steady increase thereafter to an October maximum (1,039 g/m) followed by a rapid decline. Giant cutgrass aboveground net primary production was approximately 1,530 g/m/yr. Rhizomes (358 g/m/yr) and roots (160 g/m/yr) yielded an annual belowground production of 518 g/m/yr. Total above and belowground annual net production was estimated at 2,048 g/m/yr.