Fire Study - Research Paper
Damage and recovery in a southern Sierra Nevada foothill oak woodland after a severe surface fire
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December, 2011
Fire Study Type
Research Paper
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| Abbreviation | Common Name | Scientific Name | Classification | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plants | ||||
| AESCAL | California buckeye | Aesculus californica | Life Form: Plants/Shrub, Plants/Tree Kingdom: Plantae Class: Dicot Order: Sapindales Family: Hippocastanaceae Genus: Aesculus | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| ARCVIS | sticky whiteleaf manzanita | Arctostaphylos viscida | Life Form: Plants/Shrub Kingdom: Plantae Class: Dicot Order: Ericales Family: Ericaceae Genus: Arctostaphylos | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| CERMONG | birchleaf mountain-mahogany | Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber | Life Form: Plants/Shrub, Plants/Tree Kingdom: Plantae Class: Dicot Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Genus: Cercocarpus | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| FRADIP | California ash | Fraxinus dipetala | Life Form: Plants/Shrub, Plants/Tree Kingdom: Plantae Class: Dicot Order: Scrophulariales Family: Oleaceae Genus: Fraxinus | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| HESWHI | chaparral yucca | Hesperoyucca whipplei | Life Form: Plants/Forb Kingdom: Plantae Class: Monocot Order: Liliales Family: Agavaceae Genus: Hesperoyucca | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| QUEDOU | blue oak | Quercus douglasii | Life Form: Plants/Tree Kingdom: Plantae Class: Dicot Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae Genus: Quercus | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| QUEWIS | interior live oak | Quercus wislizeni | Life Form: Plants/Tree Kingdom: Plantae Class: Dicot Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae Genus: Quercus | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| RHACRO | redberry buckthorn | Rhamnus crocea | Life Form: Plants/Shrub, Plants/Tree Kingdom: Plantae Class: Dicot Order: Rhamnales Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Rhamnus | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| TOXDIV | Pacific poison-oak | Toxicodendron diversilobum | Life Form: Plants/Shrub, Plants/Vine or Liana Kingdom: Plantae Class: Dicot Order: Sapindales Family: Anacardiacae Genus: Toxicodendron | Fed. Protected: No Nativity: Native Invasiveness: Noninvasive |
| Biophysical Setting | Mean Fire Interval (years) | Fire Severity Percent (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Fire Regime Group | Low | Mixed | Replacement | All | Low | Mixed | Replacement |
| Series 11140 - California Lower Montane Blue Oak-Foothill Pine Woodland and Savanna | ||||||||
| 11140_3_6_7 | I-B | 10 | 572 | 128 | 9 | 91 | 2 | 7 |
| Summary | ||||||||
| Minimum | 10 | 572 | 128 | 9 | 91 | 2 | 7 | |
| Maximum | 10 | 572 | 128 | 9 | 91 | 2 | 7 | |
| Mean | 10 | 572 | 128 | 9 | 91 | 2 | 7 | |
| Median | 10 | 572 | 128 | 9 | 91 | 2 | 7 | |
| 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] | ||||||||
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