Old-growth forests in the Sierra Nevada: by type in 1945 and 1993 and ownership in 1993.

Debby Beardsley; Charles Bolsinger; Ralph Warbington

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-516

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Old-growth forests in the Sierra Nevada: by type in 1945 and 1993 and ownership in 1993.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Debby Beardsley, Charles Bolsinger, Ralph Warbington

Year:

1999

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-516

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-516. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 46 p

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Abstract

This report presents estimates of old-growth forest area in the Sierra Nevada by forest type in 1993 and 1945 and by old-growth stand characteristics as they existed in 1993. Ecological old-growth definitions for each forest type are used.

Keywords

Old growth, inventory, forest stands, forest area, California, National Forests, Douglas -fir, white fir, red fir, Jeffrey pine, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, mixed conifer, mountain hemlock, mixed subalpine

Citation

Beardsley, Debby; Bolsinger, Charles; Warbington, Ralph. 1999. Old-growth forests in the Sierra Nevada: by type in 1945 and 1993 and ownership in 1993. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-516. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 46 p