Long-Term Effects of High Intensity Prescribed Fire on Vegetation Dynamics in the Wine Spring Creek Watershed, Western North Carolina, USA

Fire Ecology

Table 2 Overstory species^a density (stems ha⁻¹) and basal area (m² ha⁻¹) before the prescribed burn (1994), and the first (1995) and tenth (2005) growing seasons after the burn for the three communities (ridge, mid-slope, and riparian) at Wine Spring Creek, western North Carolina.

^aOverstory included woody stem ≥ 5.0 cm dbh. Species nomenclature follows Kirkman et al. (2007 a). Minor species (<100 stems ha⁻¹ density and <1.0 m² ha⁻¹ basal area in all years) were Acer pensylvanicum, Acer saccharum, Amelanchier arborea, Betula lenta, Castanea dentata, Halesia carolina, Hamamelis virginiana, Liriodendron tulipifera, Magnolia acuminata, Robinia pseudoacacia, and Tsuga canadensis. Species nomenclature and authorities follow Kirkman et al. 2007.