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Table 2 Range and mean of juvenile density and annual growth (measured to the nearest cm) and percentage of sites at which each species was present. Sites were sampled in 2016 on the Tripod Complex fires in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, USA

From: Topography and post-fire climatic conditions shape spatio-temporal patterns of conifer establishment and growth

Species

Density range (stems ha−1)

Density mean (SE) (stems ha−1)

Growth range (cm yr−1)

Growth mean (SE) (cm yr−1)

Frequency (%)

Subalpine fir

0 to 127

4 (<1)

3 to 13

7 (<1)

8

Western larch

0 to 5118

164 (15)

1 to 67

10 (<1)

20

Lodgepole pine

0 to 28 928

3781 (114)

1 to 75

16 (<1)

86

Engelmann spruce

0 to 806

35 (3)

1 to 19

5 (<1)

20

Ponderosa pine

0 to 3158

387 (16)

2 to 45

14 (<1)

51

Douglas-fir

0 to 1401

139 (5)

2 to 30

7 (<1)

65

All species

102 to 29 234

4511 (115)

1 to 75

15 (<1)

100