Table 2 Average (standard error) tree characteristics and small diameter fuel loads (sum of litter, 1 h, 10 h, and 100 h time lag fuels) for the reference study plots in and around the fire scar clusters sampled in 2005.
| Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Percent basal area by species | Small diameter fuel load (t haā1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cluster | n | Density (trees haā1) | Basal area (m2 haā1) | White fir | Red fir | Lodgepole pine | Jeffrey pine | |
1 | 7 | 251 (32) | 41.6 (8.4) | 14 | <1 | 16 | 70 | 23.3 (4.6) |
2 | 5 | 340 (58) | 35.4 (4.2) | 65 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 33.2 (9.9) |
3 | 6 | 273 (72) | 31.9 (7.0) | 26 | 0 | 25 | 49 | 12.5 (2.7) |
4 | 9 | 384 (93) | 35.6 (6.2) | 37 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 23.3 (5.5) |
5 | 4 | 190 (71) | 13.6 (5.0) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 94 | 14.3 (4.4) |