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Table 1 Characteristics of the Wichita Mountains and The Barrens study landscapes.

From: Scale Dependence of Oak woodland Historical Fire Intervals: Contrasting the barrens of Tennessee and Cross timbers of Oklahoma, USA

 

Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma

The Barrens, Tennessee

Ownership

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Arnold Air Force Base

Location

34° 45′ 29″ N, 98° 42′ 21″ W

35° 22′ 16″ N, 86° 5′ 18″ W

Terrain

mountainous (310 m elevation)

flat to rolling (43 m elevation)

Temperature min./max.

9.7°C to 23.8°Ca

8.6°C to 21.1°Cb

Annual precipitation

78 cma

142 cmb

Land types

woodlands, grasslands, rock outcrops

forested uplands, wetlands

Substrate

rhyolite, cobbly

limestone

Climate

semi-arid and humid continental

humid continental

Surrounded by

Osage Plains

Nashville Basin and Highland Rim

  1. a Annual mean from 1912 to 2012.
  2. b Annual mean from 1893 to 2004.