Above and belowground plant traits of dominant dune grasses from Duck, Outer Banks, USA

We examined above and belowground traits among four prominent dune grasses of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America: Ammophila breviligulata, Panicum amarum, Spartina patens, and Uniola paniculata. Whole plant samples of each species were collected from the foredune at the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Field Research Facility in Duck, North Carolina, USA and quantified for several above and belowground traits (e.g., stem height, rhizome number and length, root surface area by diameter class, root tensile strength, mycorrhizal percent infection).

我们研究了北美大西洋和墨西哥湾沿岸四种主要沙丘草本植物的地上和地下性状：Ammophila breviligulata、Panicum amarum、Spartina patens和Uniola paniculata。每种植物的全株样本采集于美国北卡罗来纳州达克市的美国陆军工程兵研究与发展中心野外研究设施的前沙丘，并对其多项地上及地下性状进行了量化分析，包括茎高、根茎数量与长度、不同直径等级的根表面积、根抗拉强度、菌根感染率等。