From: Fire severity and tree size affect post-fire survival of Afrotemperate forest trees
Species | Common name | % Survival | % Resprouting from stem | Mean tree stem diameter (cm) | Sample number |
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Cunonia capensis L. | Red alder | 100 | 50 | 35 | 2 |
Diospyros dichrophylla (Gand.) De Winter | Star apple | 100 | 100 | 18 | 5 |
Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl. | Spike thorn | 100 | 100 | 11 | 2 |
Ilex mitis (L.) Radlk. | Cape holly | 100 | 67 | 54 | 3 |
Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman | Red stinkwood | 100 | 100 | 25 | 2 |
Scolopia mundii Warb. | Red pear | 100 | 100 | 16 | 2 |
Scolopia zeyheri (Nees) Szyszyl. | Thorn pear | 100 | 100 | 25 | 1 |
Scutia myrtina (Burm.f.) Kurz | Cat thorn | 100 | 100 | 11 | 1 |
Searsia chirindensis (Baker f.) Moffett | Red currant | 100 | 50 | 37 | 4 |
Searsia lucida (L.) F.A.Barkley | Glossy currant | 100 | 100 | 15 | 1 |
Sideroxylon inerme L. | Milkwood | 100 | 100 | 19 | 3 |
Ocotea bullata (Burch.) E. Meyerx in DregeD | Stinkwood | 85 | 72 | 35 | 48 |
Lachnostylis hirta (L.f.) Müll.Arg. | Coal wood | 80 | 80 | 17 | 20 |
Olea capensis L. | Small ironwood | 75 | 75 | 16 | 8 |
Cassine peragua L.T | Cape saffron | 71 | 62 | 19 | 21 |
Platylophus trifoliatus D.DonD | White alder | 71 | 71 | 50 | 7 |
Acacia melanoxylon R.Br.A | Black wood | 67 | 67 | 26 | 3 |
Diospyros whyteana (Hiern) P.White | Bladder-nut | 65 | 65 | 16 | 17 |
Nuxia floribunda Benth.D | Forest alder | 63 | 50 | 41 | 8 |
Rapanea melanophloeos (L.) MezD,T | Cape beach | 63 | 54 | 23 | 108 |
Canthium inerme (L.f.) Kuntze | Turkey-berry | 59 | 47 | 16 | 17 |
Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. | Cape ash | 57 | 57 | 48 | 7 |
Afrocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) C.N.PageD | Outeniqua yellowwood | 56 | 16 | 34 | 55 |
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus Walp.D,T | Candle wood | 53 | 48 | 23 | 128 |
Apodytes dimidiata E.Mey. ex Arn.D,T | White pear | 52 | 39 | 23 | 23 |
Canthium mundianum Cham. & Schltdl. | Rock alder | 50 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
Robsonodendron eucleiforme (Eckl. & Zeyh.) R.H.Archer | White silky-bark | 50 | 25 | 16 | 4 |
Curtisia dentata (Burm.f.) C.A.SmD | Assegai | 44 | 22 | 23 | 72 |
Gonioma kamassi E.Mey. | Kamassi | 44 | 27 | 16 | 179 |
Olinia ventosa (L.) CufodD | Hard pear | 44 | 31 | 43 | 120 |
Burchellia bubalina (L.f.) Sims | Wild pomegranate | 40 | 40 | 15 | 5 |
Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC. | Saffron | 35 | 35 | 17 | 60 |
Halleria lucida L.T | Tree fuchsia | 35 | 26 | 15 | 23 |
Podocarpus latifolius (Thunb.) R.Br. ex Mirb.D | Real yellowwood | 35 | 8 | 21 | 181 |
Olea capensis L. macrocarpa (C.H.Wr.) Verd.D | Ironwood | 16 | 9 | 26 | 139 |
Maytenus acuminata (L.f.) Loes. | Silky bark | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. | Spoonwood | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Pinus pinaster AitonA | Pine | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
Psydrax obovata (Klotzsh ex Eckl. and Zeyh.) BridsonD | Quar | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
Virgilia divaricata Adamson | Blossom tree | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 |
Unknown identity | Â | 18 | 13 | 25 | 79 |
All species collectively | Â | 45 | 32 | 24 | 1378 |