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Figure 5

From: Restoring Northern Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Forest Composition and Structure with Prescribed Fires of Varying Intensities

Figure 5

Forest structure of the random cross section (150 × 10 m) through the pre- (upper figure) and post-fire (lower figure) stand that was burned with a high intensity prescribed fire. Note the creation of gaps, the elevated crown base heights due to crown scorching, and the almost entire removal of understory trees in the post-fire stand. Remaining dominant trees are mainly white fir, incense-cedar and sugar/ponderosa pine. Drawn with the SVS software (McGaughey 1997).

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