Effects of Disturbance and Age of Invasion on the Impact of the Invasive Sand Sedge, Carex kobomugi, on Native Dune Plant Populations in New Jersey's Coastal Dunes

Topography, vegetation cover and below ground biomass of spatially constrained and unconstrained foredunes in New Jersey, USA

“…The dune in this portion of the state park is allowed to undergo natural changes because human facilities are not immediately threatened. It has been speculated that dunes invaded by C. kobomugi may be lower because this species grows lower to the surface than A. breviligulata (Shisler et al 1987 in Burkitt and Wooton 2011). C. kobomugi can be 0.15 -0.30 m tall, whereas A. breviligulata often is taller than 1 m (Wooton et al 2005).…”