Herbs and brush on California red fir regeneration sites: a species and frequency sampling

Donald T. Gordon; Eugene E. Bowen

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Herbs and brush on California red fir regeneration sites: a species and frequency sampling

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Donald T. Gordon, Eugene E. Bowen

Year:

1978

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-RN-329. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 10 p

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Abstract

In a sampling of 32 logged areas in red fir forests of northern California, 58 plant species were found. Species corresponded with less than one-fifth of the 93 species reported in an earlier study of the virgin forest. Sampling of uncut areas adjacent to cuttings does not seem useful for predicting the earlier successional vegetation that will appear when the areas are logged.

Keywords

red fir, Abies magnifica, cutover forests, regeneration, ground cover, competition, plant succession, vegetation sampling

Citation

Gordon, Donald T.; Bowen, Eugene E. 1978. Herbs and brush on California red fir regeneration sites: a species and frequency sampling. Res. Note PSW-RN-329. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 10 p