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Table 4 Condition of hardwood trees and longleaf pine (0.5 to 5 m height) after prescribed burns in an upland longleaf pine forest in southwest Georgia, USA, in May 2016: sample included silvicultural openings up to 0.4 ha. Guilds include ff = fleshy-fruited hardwoods, mo = mesic oaks, uo = upland oak, xo = xeric oak, c = conifer. Post-fire conditions include T/K = top-kill (fully scorched, with basal resprouting); D = dead (fully scorched, no resprouting); C/R = crown resprouting (fully scorched with crown resprouting); U/S = unscorched (burned but with part of crown remaining green)

From: Longleaf pine proximity effects on air temperatures and hardwood top-kill from prescribed fire

  

Density (ha−1)

Height (m)

Post-fire condition (%)

Species

Guild

Stem

Genet

Stem

Scorch

T/K

D

C/R

U/S

Persimmon

ff

424

303

1.3

1.2

92

0

4

3

Sassafras

ff

1569

966

1.6

1.5

94

0

1

4

Black cherry

ff

210

78

2.0

1.7

94

0

0

6

Water oak

mo

800

339

1.7

1.5

92

1

3

3

Laurel oak

mo

281

145

2.0

1.5

94

0

2

5

Live oak

mo

407

214

1.6

1.3

93

0

2

5

Post oak

uo

27

23

1.2

1.2

85

0

15

0

South. red oak

uo

979

280

1.6

1.5

86

0

9

5

Bluejack oak

xo

546

313

2.0

1.7

63

0

14

23

Sand post oak

xo

115

98

1.8

1.6

62

0

17

21

Longleaf pine

c

178

178

4.1

2.6

0

6

26

68