Table 2 Summary of coarse woody debris (>7.62 cm intercepted diameter; ≥1000-hour time lag class) in the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Pre-fire measurements were in June 2011, the site burned in the Rim Fire in September 2013, and post-fire measurements were in June 2014
From: Fuel dynamics after reintroduced fire in an old-growth Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest
Time and origin | Species | Loading (Mg ha−1) | Number observed | Diameter range (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-fire | Abies concolor | 18.5 | 137 | 8 to 130 |
Calocedrus decurrens | 10.5 | 5 | 12 to 35 | |
Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A. Gray | 3.1 | 1 | 11 to 11 | |
Pinus lambertiana | 47.7 | 127 | 8 to 190 | |
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco | 3.4 | 2 | 8 to 10 | |
Quercus kelloggii Newberry | 42.2 | 2 | 38 to 40 | |
Unidentifiable | 26.8 | 152 | 8 to 170 | |
Post-fire, old | Abies concolor | 11.2 | 18 | 8 to 62 |
Calocedrus decurrens | 38.9 | 6 | 10 to 68 | |
Pinus lambertiana | 45.0 | 51 | 6 to 160 | |
Unidentifiable | 28.5 | 56 | 8 to 169 | |
Post-fire, new | Abies concolor | 6.4 | 9 | 8 to 40 |
Calocedrus decurrens | 37.6 | 6 | 9 to 72 | |
Pinus lambertiana | 19.3 | 26 | 8 to 95 | |
Quercus kelloggii | 14.2 | 2 | 20 to 22 | |
Unidentifiable | 15.2 | 4 | 9 to 71 |