Table 2 Fuel characteristics along a time-since-fire chronosequence of Baker cypress stands in northern California, USA, surveyed in 2015 or 2016. Values were used to parameterize fire behavior models. Values in parentheses are standard error. FMC = foliar moisture content
From: Post-fire fuel succession in a rare California, USA, closed-cone conifer
Fuel characteristic | Time since fire (yr) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 10 | 40 | 107 | 147 | |
1-hour (Mg ha−1) | 0.07 (0.02) | 0.31 (0.06) | 0.2 (0.04) | 0.27 (0.04) | 0.90 (0.11) |
10-hour (Mg ha−1) | 1.11 (0.30) | 2.87 (0.53) | 0.74 (0.16) | 1.29 (0.26) | 4.25 (0.48) |
100-hour (Mg ha−1) | 3.26 (0.88) | 8.29 (1.45) | 0.55 (0.28) | 2.02 (0.44) | 3.37 (0.63) |
1000-hour, sound (Mg ha−1) | 12.03 (3.25) | 118.07 (12.75) | 10.01 (4.10) | 14.37 (5.34) | 9.49 (2.35) |
1000-hour, rotten (Mg ha−1) | 0.00 (0.00) | 8.65 (4.25) | 7.27 (2.90) | 8.84 (4.07) | 0.82 (0.39) |
Litter (Mg ha−1) | 1.63 (0.67) | 12.45 (3.56) | 9.66 (2.25) | 12.08 (2.10) | 26.51 (4.07) |
Duff (Mg ha−1) | 0.00 (0.00) | 8.21 (2.40) | 9.77 (3.06) | 27.39 (5.99) | 86.35 (12.41) |
Live herbaceous (Mg ha−1) | 0.5791 (0.25) | 0.0042 (<0.01) | 0.0162 (0.01) | 0.1741 (0.07) | 0.0146 (<0.01) |
Live shrub (Mg ha−1) | 2.62 (0.80) | 9.74 (2.97) | 2.76 (2.06) | 8.85 (5.14) | 0.86 (0.31) |
Shrub FMC (%) | 101.81 (2.84) | 104.27 (2.36) | 84.98 (3.77) | 73.82 (1.44) | 107.16 (2.82) |
Fuelbed depth (cm) | 20.34 (4.40) | 31.22 (4.35) | 6.64 (1.77) | 6.64 (1.20) | 37.28 (5.87) |