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Shingle beach profile
The creation of a natural beach profile is crucial to the establishment of
shingle vegetation. A study of regeneration of vegetation from seeds (Walmsley
& Davy 2001) suggested that recontoured beaches should be left to
allow natural reshaping by winter storms before any attempt to plant vegetation
is made.
Some guidance can be given on the nature of the principle requirement for restoring
vegetation on shingle beaches is a natural beach profile with the following
characteristics:
| Feature |
Size and range |
Comment |
| Slope |
1:100 - 1:15 |
Natural range of slope |
| Sediment size |
2mm - 200mm |
Range for shingle used to define habitat (Randall
1977a) |
| Sand content |
10 - 20% sand content |
Best for vegetation establishment (Walmsley
& Davy 2001) |
References
Randall, R.E.
1977a.
Shingle foreshore.
In: The Coastline, ed.Barnes, R.S.K.John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 49-61.
Walmsley, C.A. & Davy, A.J.
2001.
Habitat creation and restoration of damaged shingle communities.
In: Ecology & Geomorphology of Coastal Shingle, eds.Packham, J.R., Randall, R.E., Barnes, R.S.K. & Neal, A.Westbury Academic and Scientific Publishing, 409-420.
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