From: Post-Fire Recovery of Eucalypt-Dominated Vegetation Communities in the Sydney Basin, Australia
Class | Wildfire severity class | Wildfire behavior |
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1 | Unburned | No obvious burned vegetation in any strata |
2 | Low | Ground layer burned, shrub layer scorched, canopy not burned |
3 | Moderate | All ground and most shrubby vegetation burned, canopy not burned |
4 | High | All ground and shrub layer vegetation incinerated, canopy scorched |
5 | Very high | All vegetation incinerated, except stems <10mm, which survive |
6 | Extreme | All vegetation and stems <10 mm totally incinerated |