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Table 1 Study areas, including fires sampled, total hectares of straw mulch, and number of plot pairs sampled on each, for six fires across the US Interior West in 2015 and 2016. Fire size and severity were derived from MTBS (2012), area mulched courtesy of national forests via Freedom of Information Act requests. Forest type determined by dominant trees pre fire (LANDFIRE 2008). Fires are ordered by forest type, and then by average summer (May through August) precipitation (PRISM Climate Group 2004)

From: Long-term vegetation response following post-fire straw mulching

Fire name

Location (US state)

Year of fire

High severity area (ha)

Total area mulched (ha)

Plot pairs sampled (n)

Forest type

Latitude (degrees)

Longitude (degrees)

30-year mean summer precipitation (mm)

Shake Table

Oregon

2006

1 418

130

3

Dry mixed

44.2852°

−119.2512°

117

Cascade

Idaho

2007

39 350*

19 780

4

Dry mixed

44.5925°

−115.7209°

178

Tripod

Washington

2006

28 210

5 570

8

Dry mixed

48.5856°

−119.9972°

202

Myrtle Creek

Idaho

2003

104*

120

4

Dry mixed

44.2148°

−116.5810°

273

Hayman

Colorado

2002

22 730

3 120

7

Ponderosa

39.1626°

−105.3375°

256

Ricco

South Dakota

2005

290

80

3

Ponderosa

44.2468°

−103.4713°

298

  1. *Cascade and Myrtle Creek had missing data due to the Landsat 7 scan line corrector artifacts; areas with no data were 245 ha and 23 510 ha, respectively