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Table 1 Relationship between Presettlement Fire Regime types (PFRs) and LANDFIRE Biophysical Settings (BpS) mapped in California. BpS types with “none” as PFR assignment are types for which we do not have sufficient data on presettlement fire regimes (e.g., non-woody vegetation, riparian types).

From: A Summary of Fire Frequency Estimates for California Vegetation before Euro-American Settlement

LANDFIRE Biophysical Setting

PFR

Inter-mountain basins aspen-mixed conifer forest and woodland

Aspen

Rocky Mountain aspen forest and woodland

Aspen

Columbia Plateau steppe and grassland

Big sagebrush

Inter-mountain basins big sagebrush shrubland

Big sagebrush

Inter-mountain basins big sagebrush steppe

Big sagebrush

Inter-mountain basins montane sagebrush steppe

Big sagebrush

Columbia Plateau low sagebrush steppe

Black and low sagebrush

Great Basin xeric mixed sagebrush shrubland

Black and low sagebrush

California coastal closed-cone conifer forest and woodland

Chaparral-serotinous conifers

California maritime chaparral

Chaparral-serotinous conifers

California mesic chaparral

Chaparral-serotinous conifers

California xeric serpentine chaparral

Chaparral-serotinous conifers

Klamath-Siskiyou xeromorphic serpentine savanna and chaparral

Chaparral-serotinous conifers

Mediterranean California mesic serpentine woodland and chaparral

Chaparral-serotinous conifers

Northern and central California dry-mesic chaparral

Chaparral-serotinous conifers

Southern California dry-mesic chaparral

Chaparral-serotinous conifers

North Pacific maritime dry-mesic Douglas-fir-western hemlock forest

Coastal fir

Baja semi-desert coastal succulent scrub

Coastal sage scrub

Northern California coastal scrub

Coastal sage scrub

Southern California coastal scrub

Coastal sage scrub

Inter-mountain basins curl-leaf mountain mahogany woodland and shrubland

Curl-leaf mountain mahogany

Colorado plateau blackbrush-mormon-tea shrubland

Desert mixed shrub

Inter-mountain basins greasewood flat

Desert mixed shrub

Inter-mountain basins mixed salt desert scrub

Desert mixed shrub

Inter-mountain basins semi-desert shrub-steppe

Desert mixed shrub

Mojave mid-elevation mixed desert scrub

Desert mixed shrub

Sonora-Mojave creosotebush-white bursage desert scrub

Desert mixed shrub

Sonora-mojave mixed salt desert scrub

Desert mixed shrub

Sonoran mid-elevation desert scrub

Desert mixed shrub

Sonoran paloverde-mixed cacti desert scrub

Desert mixed shrub

Mediterranean California dry-mesic mixed conifer forest and woodland

Dry mixed conifer

Northern rocky mountain foothill conifer wooded steppe

Dry mixed conifer

Sierra Nevada subalpine lodgepole pine forest and woodland

Lodgepole pine

Sierra Nevada subalpine lodgepole pine forest and woodland—dry

Lodgepole pine

Sierra Nevada subalpine lodgepole pine forest and woodland—wet

Lodgepole pine

Central and southern California mixed evergreen woodland

Mixed evergreen

Mediterranean California mixed evergreen forest

Mixed evergreen

Klamath-Siskiyou upper montane serpentine mixed conifer woodland

Moist mixed conifer

Mediterranean California mesic mixed conifer forest and woodland

Moist mixed conifer

California montane woodland and chaparral

Montane chaparral

Southern California oak woodland and savanna

Oak woodland

California central valley and southern coastal grassland

none

California central valley riparian woodland and shrubland

none

California mesic serpentine grassland

none

California montane riparian systems

none

California northern coastal grassland

none

Inter-mountain basins montane riparian systems

none

Inter-mountain basins semi-desert grassland

none

Mediterranean California alpine dry tundra

none

Mediterranean California alpine fell-field

none

Mediterranean California subalpine meadow

none

North American warm desert riparian systems

none

North Pacific montane grassland

none

Pacific coastal marsh systems

none

California central valley mixed oak savanna

Oak woodland

California coastal live oak woodland and savanna

Oak woodland

California lower montane blue oak-foothill pine woodland and savanna

Oak woodland

Mediterranean California mixed oak woodland

Oak woodland

North Pacific oak woodland

Oak woodland

Columbia Plateau western juniper woodland and savanna

Pinyon juniper

Colorado Plateau pinyon-juniper woodland

Pinyon-juniper

Great Basin pinyon-juniper woodland

Pinyon-juniper

Inter-mountain basins juniper savanna

Pinyon-juniper

Mediterranean California red fir forest

Red fir

Mediterranean California red fir forest—Cascades

Red fir

Mediterranean California red fir forest—southern Sierra

Red fir

California coastal redwood forest

Redwood

Great Basin semi-desert chaparral

Semi-desert chaparral

Sonora-Mojave semi-desert chaparral

Semi-desert chaparral

North pacific hypermaritime sitka spruce forest

Spruce-hemlock

North Pacific lowland riparian forest and shrubland

Spruce-hemlock

North Pacific maritime mesic-wet Douglas-fir-western hemlock forest

Spruce-hemlock

Inter-mountain basins subalpine limber-bristlecone pine woodland

Subalpine forest

Mediterranean California subalpine woodland

Subalpine forest

Mediterranean California subalpine woodland

Subalpine forest

North Pacific maritime mesic subalpine parkland

Subalpine forest

Northern California mesic subalpine woodland

Subalpine forest

Sierra Nevada alpine dwarf-shrubland

Subalpine forest

Sierran-intermontane desert western white pine-white fir woodland

Western white pine

California montane Jeffrey pine(-ponderosa pine) woodland

Yellow pine

Mediterranean California lower montane black oak-conifer forest and woodland

Yellow pine

Northern Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine woodland and savanna—mesic

Yellow pine

Northern Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine woodland and savanna—xeric

Yellow pine