Table 5 Mean loading of woody fuels and forest floor depth by treatment and year, Green River Game Land, Polk County, North Carolina, USA.

Pretreatment

C

0.3

1.8

5.2

5.1

3.6

B

0.4

2.0

4.5

4.8

4.6

M

0.3

1.8

3.4

4.6

4.1

MB

0.4

1.8

4.7

5.1

4.6

Year 1 (1 growing season after first burn and mechanical treatments)

C

0.5 a¹

1.8 ab

3.8 a

4.3 b

3.6

B

0.5 a

2.0 ab

4.5 ab

1.0 a

3.6

M

0.8 b

3.2 b

6.3 c

5.6 c

5.3

MB

0.4 a

1.7 a

5.4 bc

0.5 a

3.0

Year 3

C

0.6 a

1.3 a

4.0 a

4.6 b

3.0 a

B

0.6 a

1.6 ab

4.7 a

4.1 ab

2.8 a

M

0.8 b

2.4 c

6.5 b

5.8 c

4.1 b

MB

0.6 a

1.9 b

6.5 b

3.3 a

3.0 a

Year 5 (1 growing season after second burn)

C

1.1 c

2.1

5.4 a

5.3 b

3.0 b

B

0.9 b

2.1

5.6 a

5.3 b

3.0 b

M

1.1 c

2.4

7.6 b

6.1 b

2.8 b

MB

0.5 a

1.8

7.4 b

0.5 a

1.3 a

Year 9 ²

C

B

0.6

2.7

6.5

6.4

3.6

M

MB

0.7

3.1

6.5

7.1

4.1

Year 10 ² (1 growing season after third burn and second mechanical treatments)

C

B

0.8

2.7

7.4

2.3

3.0

M

MB

0.6

2.4

7.6

1.8

2.3

Year 11

C

1.0

2.8

6.7

7.1 b

4.1 b

B

0.9

3.0

7.4

4.6 a

3.0 a

M

1.3

4.0

7.4

7.4 b

4.6 b

MB

0.8

2.7

7.4

4.1 a

1.8 a

Year 12

C

0.8

2.6

5.2

6.9 c

3.6 c

B

0.9

2.8

6.7

5.6 a

2.5 b

M

1.2

3.6

7.0

6.6 b

3.8 c

MB

0.9

3.0

7.4

5.1 a

1.8 a