Fire Ecology of the Forest Habitat Types of Central IdahoU.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, 1986 - Fire ecology - 86 pages "Discusses fire as an ecological factor for forest habitat types occurring in central Idaho. Identifies "Fire Groups" of habitat types based on fire's role in forest succession. Considerations for fire management are suggested." |
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... postfire successions . The exception is Fire Group Zero , which is a collection of miscellaneous vegetation types . The actual successional sequence in any given stand depends upon a number of variables , such as preburn vegetation ...
... postfire successions . The exception is Fire Group Zero , which is a collection of miscellaneous vegetation types . The actual successional sequence in any given stand depends upon a number of variables , such as preburn vegetation ...
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... Postfire succession is slow , owing to the harshness of the environment . Nomenclature and Terminology Trees and undergrowth plants are identified by their common names throughout the text of this report . The list of habitat types at ...
... Postfire succession is slow , owing to the harshness of the environment . Nomenclature and Terminology Trees and undergrowth plants are identified by their common names throughout the text of this report . The list of habitat types at ...
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... postfire survival strategy and fire. Tolerance Species Thickness of bark of old trees Relative inflamma- Degree Root habit Resin in old bark Stand habit bility of foliage Lichen growth of fire resistance Medium Very Ponderosa pine Very ...
... postfire survival strategy and fire. Tolerance Species Thickness of bark of old trees Relative inflamma- Degree Root habit Resin in old bark Stand habit bility of foliage Lichen growth of fire resistance Medium Very Ponderosa pine Very ...
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... postfire seeding from serotinous cones . 2. Prolific seed production . Good cone crops occur at 1- to 3 - year intervals , with light crops intervening . 3. High seed viability . Seeds in 80 - year - old serotinous cones , for example ...
... postfire seeding from serotinous cones . 2. Prolific seed production . Good cone crops occur at 1- to 3 - year intervals , with light crops intervening . 3. High seed viability . Seeds in 80 - year - old serotinous cones , for example ...
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... postfire vegetation . Since sur- vivors derive from plants already established at the time of disturbance , it is possible , by pretreat- ment inventory , to determine the potential com- position for the survivor component . For this ...
... postfire vegetation . Since sur- vivors derive from plants already established at the time of disturbance , it is possible , by pretreat- ment inventory , to determine the potential com- position for the survivor component . For this ...
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ABGR ABLA ABSENCE OF FIRE arnica Arno central Idaho Challis Climax forest conifer COOL FIRE dense Department of Agriculture dominated Douglas-fir Douglas-fir habitat types duff Engelmann spruce Fire Management Considerations following fire forbs Forest and Range Forest Service forest succession fuel loads grand fir grass grassland huckleberry impervious to fire increase Intermountain Forest limber pine lodgepole pine MODERATE SEVERITY moist Montana mountain pine beetle National Forest NUMBER occur Ogden Open Northern Rockies open stands Payette National Forest phase Abies Physiographic sections PICO PIEN pinegrass PIPO or PSME ponderosa pine postfire prescribed fire Pseudotsuga menziesii Range Experiment Station regen regeneration rhizomes Salmon Uplands seed Seedlings & saplings seral species severe fire shrubs snags snowberry Southern Batholith Sprouts from surviving stand-destroying STAND-REPLACEMENT FIRE subalpine fir successional pathways successional stages surviving root crown Technical Report U.S. Department undergrowth understory Vaccinium Vaccinium scoparium vegetation Wallowa-Seven Devils western whitebark pine wildfire wildlife woody fuel