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Table 1 Average (standard error) site and vegetation characteristics for chaparral prescribed fire plots in northern California.

From: Measuring the Rate of Spread of Chaparral Prescribed fires in Northern California

Site

Date

Aspect

Slope (%)

Max. live fuel ht (m)

Cover (%)

ADFA

CECU

ARGL

QUDU

Bare ground

HREC1

June 1995

W

43

1.1 (0.1)

84.3 (4.25)

-

1.3 (1.3)

-

14.4 (3.21)

HREC 2

June 1996

SW

28

1.2 (0.1)

68.0 (10.5)

12.0 (8.9)

-

11.0 (10.1)

9 (2.2)

COW

November 2005

SW

21 (6.3)

1.6 (0.2)

100

-

-

-

-

HREC3

February 2006

NW

28 (1.2)

1.2 (0.2)

100

-

-

-

-

HREC4

February 2006

NW

26 (1.4)

1.4 (0.1)

100

-

-

-

-

HREC5

February 2006

W

23 (0.7)

1.3 (0.6)

100

-

-

-

-

HREC6

December 2006

SW

26 (5.4)

1.7 (0.3)

84.8 (17.7)

12.1 (9.1)

17.9 (16.3)

-

-

  1. Note: ADFA, Adenostoma fasciculatum; CECU, Ceanothus cuneatus; ARGL, Arctostaphylos glandulosa; QUDU, Quercus durata.