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Table 1 Area burned (ha) within vegetation zones by prescribed fires, wildfires, and wildland fire use fires >40 ha in Yosemite National Park, 1974 through 2005.

From: Fire Regime Attributes of Wildland Fires in Yosemite National Park, USA

 

Fire management type

Vegetation zone

Prescribed fire

Wildfire

Wildland fire use

All fires

Foothill Woodland

275

709

47

1,031

Lower Montane Forest

10,627

8,635

8,977

28,239

Upper Montane Forest

1,064

3,275

8,188

12,527

Subalpine Forest

25

213

2,026

2,264

Alpine Meadow

0

0

0

0

Total

11,991

12,832

19,238

44,061