Resistance of eastern hardwood stems to fire injury and damage

Kevin T. Smith; Elaine Kennedy Sutherland

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Resistance of eastern hardwood stems to fire injury and damage

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kevin T. Smith, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland

Year:

2006

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Dickinson, Matthew B., ed. 2006. Fire in eastern oak forests: delivering science to land managers, proceedings of a conference; 2005 November 15-17; Columbus, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 210-217.

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Abstract

This paper reviews the protective features and defensive responses of eastern hardwood species exposed to fire. Trees survive fire through protective features such as thick bark and the induced defenses of compartmentalization. Dissection of trees exposed to prescribed fire in an oak forest in southern Ohio highlights the need to distinguish between bark scorch, stem injury, and damage in evaluating the effects of fire on surviving overstory trees.

Parent Publication

Fire in eastern oak forests: delivering science to land managers

Citation

Smith, Kevin T.; Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy. 2006. Resistance of eastern hardwood stems to fire injury and damage. In: Dickinson, Matthew B., ed. 2006. Fire in eastern oak forests: delivering science to land managers, proceedings of a conference; 2005 November 15-17; Columbus, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 210-217.