The Effects of Hurricane Allen on the Near-Shore Vegetation of South Padre Island
Judd FW and Sides SL. 1983. The Effects of Hurricane Allen on the Near-Shore Vegetation of South Padre Island. The Southwestern Naturalist. 28(3):365-369
Report on the effects of Hurricane Allen in August, 1980, on South Padre Island, Texas. Prior to the storm, eight plant species were found in the backshore zone and following only three species were found. The foredunes were 'leveled by the storm and a belt of Sesvium portulascastrum was obliterated.' However, the taller dunes were not greatly disturbed but Ipomoea stolonifera, which had been prominent on the windward and leeward slopes was dominant on the windward, with Schizachyrium scoparium in abundance on the leeward slopes. Both of these species are easily moved or buried in sand.
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- Journal Article
- Authors
- Judd, Frank; Sides, Sammie
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- Keywords
- fiddleleaf morning glory (Ipomoea stolonifera), Hurricanes, Impacts, little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Plant Studies, Sand Dunes, shoreline seapurslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum), South Padre Island TX, Vegetation