| Forbs (%) | Grass (%) | Shrubs (%) | Trees (%) | Total (%) |
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Pretreatment | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
C | 5.3 | 0.7 | 22.9 | 7.2 | 25.1 |
B | 5.4 | 0.2 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 21.0 |
M | 2.7 | 0.3 | 15.6 | 5.2 | 23.9 |
MB | 5.0 | 0.3 | 17.2 | 6.7 | 29.3 |
Year 1 (1 growing season after first burn and mechanical treatments) | |||||
C | 5.8 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 5.9 | 23.0 |
B | 3.4 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 13.5 |
M | 3.4 | 0.4 | 14.3 | 6.4 | 24.5 |
MB | 3.5 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 18.2 |
Year 3 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
C | 4.3 | 0.7 | 10.4 | 6.5 a | 22.0 |
B | 3.2 | 0.7 | 7.9 | 9.6 a | 21.4 |
M | 2.8 | 0.4 | 19.8 | 7.9 a | 30.9 |
MB | 5.3 | 2.2 | 14.6 | 17.3 b | 39.4 |
Year 5 (1 growing season after second burn) | |||||
C | 3.5 b1 | 0.9 | 12.8 | 6.9 a | 24.2 |
B | 3.3 b | 1.0 | 12.2 | 10.6 b | 27.1 |
M | 2.2 a | 0.3 | 20.2 | 7.1 a | 29.8 |
MB | 5.8 c | 3.1 | 21.1 | 14.7 b | 44.6 |
Year 9 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
C | 3.6 ab | 1.1 | 14.0 | 8.9 a | 27.6 a |
B | 4.5 bc | 1.1 | 15.1 | 16.2 b | 37.0 a |
M | 2.3 a | 0.4 | 22.0 | 9.9 a | 34.6 a |
MB | 6.6 c | 2.4 | 26.1 | 19.0 b | 54.0 b |
Year 10 (1 growing season after third burn and second mechanical treatments) | |||||
C | 4.8 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 7.0 a | 20.8 a |
B | 5.1 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 11.2 a | 21.8 a |
M | 3.0 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 6.4 a | 18.2 a |
MB | 8.0 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 19.6 b | 38.5 b |
Year 11 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
C | 5.0 a | 0.7 | 8.4 | 6.9 a | 21.0 a |
B | 7.0 a | 0.2 | 9.7 | 13.1 b | 30.1 a |
M | 3.8 a | 0.1 | 14.8 | 9.8 ab | 28.5 a |
MB | 12.8 b | 0.5 | 18.7 | 21.6 c | 53.5 b |
Year 12 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
C | 4.8 a | 0.7 | 10.4 | 6.2 a | 22.1 a |
B | 7.7 a | 0.3 | 11.2 | 12.1 b | 31.4 ab |
M | 4.8 a | 0.1 | 19.7 | 10.8 b | 35.4 b |
MB | 13.0 b | 0.4 | 21.2 | 16.2 c | 50.8 c |