Fire Ecology of Western Montana Forest Habitat TypesU.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, 1987 - Fire ecology - 95 pages Provides information on fire as an ecological factor for forest habitat types in western Montana. Identifies Fire Groups of habitat types based on fire's role in forest succession. Describes forest fuels and suggests considerations for fire management. |
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... fire - resistant trees growing in Montana , it has a competitive advantage over most other species when mixed stands burn . Rocky Mountain Juniper ( Juniperus scopulorum ) Young juniper trees are easily killed by fire primarily because ...
... fire - resistant trees growing in Montana , it has a competitive advantage over most other species when mixed stands burn . Rocky Mountain Juniper ( Juniperus scopulorum ) Young juniper trees are easily killed by fire primarily because ...
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... resistant to surface fires . Lodgepole's thin bark makes it susceptible to death from cambium heating . However , lodgepole pine is alone in its ability to perpetuate itself on a site despite fire . Indeed , on most sites where ...
... resistant to surface fires . Lodgepole's thin bark makes it susceptible to death from cambium heating . However , lodgepole pine is alone in its ability to perpetuate itself on a site despite fire . Indeed , on most sites where ...
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... fire because of its thin bark , shallow roots , highly flammable foliage , and low ... resistant primarily because of its stand habit . It grows only on the ... kill and often must re- establish or colonize from off - site seed sources ...
... fire because of its thin bark , shallow roots , highly flammable foliage , and low ... resistant primarily because of its stand habit . It grows only on the ... kill and often must re- establish or colonize from off - site seed sources ...
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... fire - resistant seeds . Wind - dispersed seed . Subspecies vase- yana stores seed in the soil that germi- nates as a result of fire ... kill . Will survive some low severity fires when duff is moist and therefore not consumed by fire . May ...
... fire - resistant seeds . Wind - dispersed seed . Subspecies vase- yana stores seed in the soil that germi- nates as a result of fire ... kill . Will survive some low severity fires when duff is moist and therefore not consumed by fire . May ...
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... fire - kill . Moderate to severe fires reduce survival and slow redevelopment . Susceptible to fire - kill . Moderately resistant to fire - kill . Usually survives low to moderate severity fires that do not consume the duff and heat ...
... fire - kill . Moderate to severe fires reduce survival and slow redevelopment . Susceptible to fire - kill . Moderately resistant to fire - kill . Usually survives low to moderate severity fires that do not consume the duff and heat ...
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Abies ABLA ABLA/MEFE absence of fire Arno bark beadlily borealis burning canadensis conifer cool fires dense Department of Agriculture dominant Douglas-fir duff effects of fire Engelmann spruce fescue Fire Ecology following fire forbs Forest and Range Forest Service forest succession fuel loadings grand fir grass grassland h.t.-Vaccinium impervious to fire Intermountain Forest juniper LAOC lodgepole pine logs Missoula moist Montana forests mountain pine beetle Northwestern and west Ogden overstory PICEA PICO pine stands Pinus PIPO pole pole-sized ponderosa pine prescribed fire PSME Range Experiment Station regeneration rhizomes Rocky Mountain role of fire rubescens saplings scoparium seed seedbed seedlings seral species severe fires snags snowberry soil Sprouts from surviving stage subalpine fir surviving rhizomes Susceptible to fire-kill Technical Report tenax trees U.S. Department undergrowth understory uniflora usually vegetation west central Northwestern western hemlock western larch western Montana western redcedar western white pine whitebark pine wildfire wildlife woody fuel