Table 3 Fire effects on shrub patches within the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot (25.6 ha). Pre-fire aboveground live biomass (AGLB) for each species was higher than standing dead biomass except for A. patula and C. integerrimus. Totals reflect live and dead stems that were burned across all habitat types. Total prefire fuel loading of the shrub strata (live and dead) was 6447 kg ha⁻¹. All shrub stems that were dead pre fire were consumed. t = trace (<1 kg ha⁻¹).

Montane chaparral

   Arctostaphylos patula

2 524

469

111

16

90

296

1 865

2 161

   Ceanothus cordulatus

1 222

84

58

4

9

66

30

96

   Ceanothus integerrimus

194

67

0

0

20

61

280

341

   Ceanothus parvifolius

187

20

25

3

8

2

t

3

   Chrysolepis sempervirens

12 998

1 006

73

6

669

707

173

879

   Ribes roezlii

66

2

9

t

t

1

t

1

Total montane chaparral

17 191

1 648

276

29

796

1 133

2 348

3 481

Generalist

   Corylus cornuta ssp. californica

13 224

406

407

12

234

76

4

81

   Ribes nevadense

7

1

0

0

t

t

t

t

   Rosa bridgesii

58

2

0

0

t

1

t

1

   Rubus parviflorus

8

1

0

0

t

t

t

t

   Symphoricarpos mollis

29

1

6

t

t

t

t

t

Total generalist

13 326

411

413

12

234

77

4

82

Riparian

   Cornus sericea

2 320

309

1 114

147

101

8

24

31

   Leucothoe davisiae

2 151

850

134

53

17

772

8

780

   Rhododendron occidentale

687

51

36

3

7

13

1

13

   Sambucus racemosa

13

t

6

t

t

t

t

t

   Vaccinium uliginosum

2 952

221

335

25

29

51

3

54

Total riparian

8 123

1 431

1 625

228

154

844

36

878

Total

38 640

3 490

2 314

269

1 184

2 054

2 388

4 441