Effect of prescribed burning on soil moisture and germination of southwestern ponderosa pine seed on basaltic soils

Sally M. Haase

doi:10.2737/RM-RN-462

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Effect of prescribed burning on soil moisture and germination of southwestern ponderosa pine seed on basaltic soils

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Authors:

Sally M. Haase

Year:

1986

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RM-RN-462

Source:

Res. Note RM-RN-462. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p.

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Abstract

Prescribed burning created a more favorable seedbed by exposing mineral soil and increasing soil moisture, resulting in a twenty-fold increase in the number of seeds germinating on burned compared to unburned sites.

Keywords

Pinus ponderosa, natural regeneration, prescribed burning, site preparation

Citation

Haase, Sally M. 1986. Effect of prescribed burning on soil moisture and germination of southwestern ponderosa pine seed on basaltic soils. Res. Note RM-RN-462. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p.