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Table 4 Understorya species density (stems ha−1) and basal area (m2 ha−1) before the prescribed burn (1994), and the first (1995), second (1996), and tenth (2005) growing seasons after the burn for the three communities (ridge, mid-slope, and riparian) at Wine Spring Creek, western North Carolina.

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

 

Pre-burn

1 yr post-burn

2 yr post-burn

10 yr post-burn

 

Density

Basal area

Density

Basal area

Density

Basal area

Density

Basal area

Ridge (n = 13)

        

Acer rubrum

181

0.05

14

0.01

195

0.02

513

0.23

Amelanchier arborea

82

0.03

7

0.01

55

0.004

171

0.04

Betula lenta

-

-

-

-

85

0.01

-

-

Carya spp.

89

0.02

-

-

225

0.03

256

0.04

Castanea dentata

1 025

0.58

-

 

701

0.24

855

0.47

Kalmia latifolia

9 808

5.98

267

0.14

181

0.43

19 808

4.65

Oxydendrum arboreum

10

0.001

10

0.001

29

0.004

397

0.20

Pinus rigida

178

0.23

-

-

342

0.04

85

0.14

Quercus alba

427

0.10

-

-

-

-

171

0.03

Quercus coccinea

318

0.08

14

0.01

2 335

0.27

2 649

2.61

Quercus montana

543

0.26

27

0.03

878

0.11

1 452

0.88

Quercus rubra

396

0.20

24

0.002

-

-

-

-

Quercus velutina

20

0.01

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rhododendron calendulaceum

219

0.10

-

-

21

0.002

171

0.17

Rhododendron maximum

-

-

-

-

-

-

940

0.14

Robinia pseudoacacia

10

0.002

-

-

1182

0.18

513

0.47

Sassafras albidum

260

0.04

123

0.20

872

0.14

598

0.17

Vaccinium spp.

-

-

-

-

342

0.03

2 307

0.34

Mid-slope (n = 6)

        

Acer rubrum

370

0.65

-

-

370

0.03

3 148

0.95

Amelanchier arborea

-

-

-

-

-

-

185

0.20

Castanea dentata

741

0.18

-

-

-

-

-

-

Halesia carolina

185

0.03

556

0.08

741

0.10

926

0.61

Kalmia latifolia

7 037

6.75

185

0.63

370

1.25

7 911

2.35

Magnolia acuminata

-

-

-

-

185

0.02

-

-

Nyssa sylvatica

185

0.02

-

-

-

-

-

-

Oxydendrum arboreum

185

0.01

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pyrularia pubera

185

0.07

-

-

-

-

556

0.10

Quercus alba

185

0.01

-

-

-

-

-

-

Quercus montana

-

-

-

-

185

0.01

-

-

Quercus rubra

-

-

-

-

-

-

741

0.09

Rhododendron maximum

1 565

3.13

857

1.79

824

1.46

824

0.56

Robinia pseudoacacia

  

185

0.01

-

-

185

0.14

Riparian (n = 6)

        

Acer pensylvanicum

  

185

0.02

185

0.02

370

0.03

Acer saccharium

  

185

0.02

185

0.03

-

-

Castanea dentata

  

370

0.05

370

0.04

556

0.05

Crataegus sp.

  

185

0.02

-

-

-

-

Fraxinus americana

    

185

0.03

-

-

Ilex montana

  

-

-

-

-

185

0.01

Magnolia acuminata

  

370

0.05

185

0.05

185

0.04

Pyrularia pubera

185

0.08

556

0.22

370

0.11

556

0.08

Quercus rubra

    

185

0.05

370

0.06

Rhododendron calendulaceum

1 296

0.48

556

0.30

1 296

0.56

185

0.03

Rhododendron maximum

-

-

-

-

-

-

83

0.32

  1. aUnderstory woody stems are < 5.0 cm dbh, ≥ 1.0 cm basal diameter. Species nomenclature and authorities follow Kirkman et al. 2007.