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Table 1 Sampling and fire history of Happy Creek Stand 1 (transects P2–P5) from 1985 through 2019, Happy Creek Stand 2 (transects P9–P12) from 1983 through 2019, Shiloh 2 (transects R53, R57, R58, and R59) from 1994 through 2019, and Haulover Canal (transects R209–R219) from 2004 through 2020, Kennedy Space Center, FL. Burn extent is the mean percent burned based on transects sampled postfire. Happy Creek Stand 1 and Stand 2 were each sampled a total of 39 times, Shiloh 2 29 times, and Haulover Canal 16 times; these totals include preburn sampling

From: Effects of repeated fire on Florida oak-saw palmetto scrub

 

Happy Creek Stand 1

Happy Creek Stand 2

Shiloh 2

Haulover Canal

Preburn sampling

Jan. 1983–Jan. 1985

Jan. 1983–Jan. 1985

July 1994

 

Burn 1 (extent %)

Dec. 1986 (100%)

Dec. 1986 (93.3%)

April 1995 (81.7%)

July 2004 (100%)

 Sample dates (time since burn in months)

June 1987 (6)–Feb. 1997 (121)

June 1987 (6)–Jan. 1994 (84)

Oct. 1995 (6)–April 2001 (72)

Jan. 2005 (6)–Jan. 2008 (42)

 Number of times sampled postburn

12

9

10

4

Burn 2 (extent %)

June 1997 (98.3%)

Nov. 1994 (35.0%)

March 2002 (72%)

May 2008 (100%)

 Sample dates (time since burn in months)

Jan. 1998 (6)–May 2002 (59)

Dec. 1994 (1)–Feb. 1997 (27)

April 2002 (1)–April 2004 (25)

Jan. 2009 (8)–Jan. 2011 (32)

 Number of times sampled postburn

8

3

3

3

Burn 3 (extent %)

March 2003 (75%)

June 1997 (100%)

March 2005 (87.3%)

Feb. 2011 (100%)

 Sample dates (time since burn in months)

June 2003 (3)–June 2012 (110)

Jan. 1998 (6)–June 2003 (72)

April 2005 (1)–April 2008 (37)

Jan. 2012 (11)–Feb. 2017 (71)

 Number of times sampled postburn

10

9

4

6

Burn 4 (extent %)

July 2012 (100%)

Marc 2004 (98.3 %)

May 2008 (88.3%)

March 2017 (100%)

 Sample dates (time since burn in months)

June 2013 (11)–June 2016 (47)

June 2004 (3)–June 2008 (51)

April 2009 (11)–April 2010 (23)

Jan. 2018 (10)–Feb. 2020 (35)

 Number of times sampled postburn

4

5

2

3

Burn 5 (extent %)

March 2017 (50%)

Feb. 2009 (100%)

Dec. 2010 (71.7%)

 

 Sample dates (time since burn in months)

June 2017 (3)–July 2019 (28)

June 2009 (4)–July 2019 (125)

April 2011 (4)–April 2019 (100)

 

 Number of times sampled postburn

3

11

9

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