The Effects of Ash and Black Carbon (Biochar) on Germination of Different Tree Species

Fire Ecology

Table 1 Applied treatments to each species and ash and BC (Black C) sources used.

Species	Ash and BC source	Ash treatments			BC treatments
Species	Ash and BC source	Ash-Low	Ash-Medium	Ash-High	BC treatments
A. dealbata	A. dealbata	+	+	+	+
A. longifolia	A. longifolia	+	+	+	+
A. mearnsii	A. mearnsii	+	+	+	+
A. melanoxylon	U. europaeus	+	+	+
P. nigra	shrubs*	+	+	+
P. pinaster	shrubs*	+	+	+
P. radiata	shrubs*	+	+	+
P. sylvestris	shrubs*	+	+	+
Q. ilex	Q. ilex		+		+
Q. pyrenaica	Q. pyrenaica		+		+
Q. robur	Q. robur		+		+
Q. rubra	U. europaeus		+		+

* Shrubs: Erica australis L., Erica cinerea L., Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link, Genista tridentata L. (SY = Chamaespartium tridentatum [L.] P.E. Gibbs), and Halimium alyssoides (Lam.) C. Koch. After burning, the ashes of these shrubs were mixed.