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Table 6 Predicted probability of dead cambium by bark char code and fire type when dbh is excluded from the model. Species are arranged in ascending order of bark thickness using bark thickness equations in FFE-FVS.

From: Using Bark Char Codes to Predict Post-fire Cambium Mortality

Species

Predicted probability of dead cambium

Unburned

Light

Moderate

Deep

Lodgepole pine

    

Prescribed fire

0.02

0.33

0.89

0.97

Wildfire

0.05

0.50

0.94

0.99

Whitebark pinea

0.07

0.57

0.84

1.00

Western white pinea

0.06

0.40

0.79

1.00

Western redcedar

0.05

0.55

0.92

0.97

Engelmann spruce

0.03

0.40

0.81

0.94

Western hemlocka

0.15

0.54

0.9

1.00

Subalpine fir

    

Prescribed fire

0.03

0.60

0.83

0.92

Wildfire

0.10

0.82

0.94

0.97

White fir

0.15

0.28

0.45

0.82

Incense cedar

0.10

0.28

0.50

0.76

Ponderosa pine

    

Prescribed fire

0.01

0.04

0.08

0.32

Wildfire

0.07

0.29

0.50

0.83

Douglas-fir

    

Prescribed fire

0.02

0.05

0.18

0.50

Wildfire

0.04

0.11

0.34

0.71

Western larch

0.02

0.07

0.15

0.30

Sugar pine

0.05

0.22

0.54

0.74

  1. a All deep bark char samples had dead cambium.