The moisture content of ponderosa pine and whiteleaf manzanita foliage in the Central Sierra Nevada

Charles W. Philpot

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The moisture content of ponderosa pine and whiteleaf manzanita foliage in the Central Sierra Nevada

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Authors:

Charles W. Philpot

Year:

1963

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-RN-039. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 7 p.

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Abstract

In the first year of studies of moisture in living fuels, pine and manzanita had dissimilar moisture trends, the moisture content of brush varied with elevation during the growing season, and soil moisture was correlated with brush foliage moisture.

Citation

Philpot, Charles W. 1963. The moisture content of ponderosa pine and whiteleaf manzanita foliage in the Central Sierra Nevada. Res. Note PSW-RN-039. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 7 p.