Fire history and vegetation data reveal ecological benefits of recent mixed-severity fires in the Cumberland Mountains, West Virginia, USA

Fire Ecology

Table 3 Dufrene-Legendre indicator species analysis for Hite Fork vs. Wall Fork plots

Growth form	Hite Fork		Wall Fork
Growth form	Species	IV	Species	IV
Tree	Amelanchier arborea	100^‡	Fagus grandifolia	100 ‡
	Robinia pseudoacacia	95^‡
	Pinus echinata	65^*
Shrub	Vaccinium stamineum	93^‡	n/a
	Rubus sp.	91^‡
	Kalmia latifolia	88^‡
	Rhus glabra	83^*
Vine	Vitis sp.	71^*	n/a
Forb	Coreopsis major	100^‡	n/a
	Lespedeza hirta var. hirta	100^‡
	Potentilla canadensis	100^‡
	Solidago arguta var. arguta	100^‡
	Erigeron pulchellus	83^*
	Hieracium venosum	83^*
	Aureolaria flava	71^*
Graminoid	Danthonia spicata	91^‡	n/a
Graminoid	Dichanthelium commutatum ssp. commutatum	83^*