Fire regimes of limber pine-Great Basin bristlecone pine communities
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory. 2026. Fire regimes of limber pine-Great Basin bristlecone pine communities. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: https://research.fs.usda.gov/feis/fire-regimes/limber-pine-great-basin-bristlecone-pine
A complete Fire Regime Synthesis for limber pine-Great Basin bristlecone pine communities has not yet been published in the Fire Effects Information System. However, LANDFIRE succession modeling of limber pine-Great Basin bristlecone pine Biophysical Settings (BpS) provides estimates of fire regime characteristics (see LANDFIRE Biophysical Settings section). Figure 1 shows where these BpSs occur.
Figure 1—Land cover distribution of limber pine-Great Basin bristlecone pine Biophysical Settings (BpS).
| Biophysical Setting | Mean Fire Interval (years) | Fire Severity Percent (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Fire Regime Group | Low | Mixed | Replacement | All | Low | Mixed | Replacement |
| Series 10570 - Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Limber-Bristlecone Pine Woodland | ||||||||
| 10570_28 | III-B | 202 | 499 | 144 | 0 | 71 | 29 | |
| 10570_23 | III-B | 200 | 502 | 143 | 71 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10570_12_16 | III-B | 199 | 508 | 143 | 72 | 0 | 28 | |
| Series 10200 - Inter-Mountain Basins Subalpine Limber-Bristlecone Pine Woodland | ||||||||
| 10200_6_9_12_17 | III-B | 200 | 497 | 143 | 71 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10200_13 | V-A | 540 | 981 | 348 | 64 | 0 | 36 | |
| Summary | ||||||||
| Minimum | 199 | 202 | 497 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Maximum | 540 | 202 | 981 | 348 | 72 | 71 | 36 | |
| Mean | 285 | 202 | 597 | 184 | 56 | 14 | 30 | |
| Median | 200 | 202 | 502 | 143 | 71 | 0 | 29 | |
| Percentage of fires in 3 fire severity classes, derived from LANDFIRE succession modeling. Replacement-severity fires cause >75% kill or top-kill of the upper canopy layer; mixed-severity fires cause 26%-75%; low-severity fires cause <26%. | ||||||||
| LANDFIRE. 2020. Biophysical settings models and descriptions, [Online]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey; Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy, (Producers). Available: https://www.landfirereview.org/search.php [96496] | ||||||||
1. LANDFIRE. 2020. Biophysical settings layer, CONUS (LANDFIRE 2.2.0). In: LANDFIRE download data mosaic products, [Online]. U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; U.S. Department of Agriculture (Producer). Available: https://www.landfire.gov/version_download.php [2023, June 20]. [98050]
2. LANDFIRE. 2020. Biophysical settings models and descriptions, [Online]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey; Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy, (Producers). Available: http://www.landfirereview.org/search.php [2022, February 2]. [96496]