Skip to main content
Figure 4 | Fire Ecology

Figure 4

From: Using Bigcone Douglas-Fir Fire Scars and Tree Rings to Reconstruct Interior Chaparral Fire History

Figure 4

Three partial bigcone Douglas-fir sections taken from Los Padres National Forest. The sample in the upper left hand corner (A) shows multiple fire scars clearly recorded in the tree-ring record. The sample in the upper right hand corner (B) shows an extreme example of nearly 40 years of growth suppression, indicated by the black bar. The suppression began after the 1932 Matilija Fire. The sample at the bottom (C) shows no scarring but does have a strong growth release (marked by the black bar) that begins in 1784, two years after the reconstructed 1782 fire, and ends roughly 10 years later. This 10 yr period of growth is noticeably larger than the previous and following years of growth.

Back to article page