Table 5 Mean, standard error, median, and range of crown scorch and DBH by species of trees used to develop post-fire (i.e., optimal) tree mortality prediction models. Species are listed in order of increasing bark thickness using bark thickness equations in FOFEM.
Species | No. trees | Crown scorch (%) | DBH (cm) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TypeB | Mean ± SE | Median | Range | Mean ± SE | Median | Range | ||
Lodgepole pine | 2038 | V | 19 ± 0.7 | 0 | 0 to 100 | 20.5 ± 0.1 | 19.3 | 10.2 to 54.9 |
Whitebark pine | 148 | V | 24 ± 2.9 | 2 | 0 to 100 | 22.9 ± 0.6 | 22.5 | 12.4 to 58.9 |
Engelmann spruce | 223 | V | 30 ± 2.2 | 20 | 0 to 100 | 33.2 ± 1.1 | 30.2 | 12.7 to 85.1 |
Red fir | 209 | L | 42 ± 1.8 | 46 | 0 to 89 | 42.1 ± 1.2 | 38.9 | 15.2 to 104.6 |
Subalpine fir | 947 | V | 65 ± 1.3 | 85 | 0 to 100 | 19.4 ± 0.2 | 17.5 | 10.2 to 75.2 |
White fir | 2304 | L | 67 ± 0.5 | 74 | 0 to 100 | 59.2 ± 0.4 | 56.9 | 15.2 to 152.7 |
Incense cedar | 783 | L | 40 ± 1.1 | 38 | 0 to 98 | 51.6 ± 0.9 | 43.7 | 25.4 to 166.4 |
Western larch | 389 | V | 15 ± 1.3 | 0 | 0 to 100 | 38.8 ± 0.7 | 39.4 | 10.2 to 98.8 |
Douglas-fir | 1409 | V | 33 ± 0.9 | 20 | 0 to 100 | 33.2 ± 0.5 | 30.0 | 10.2 to 105.4 |
Yellow pineA | 4115 | V | 62 ± 0.6 | 80 | 0 to 100 | 47.1 ± 0.4 | 40.1 | 9.7 to 178.1 |
Sugar pine | 719 | L | 40 ± 1.1 | 41 | 0 to 98 | 73.3 ± 1.0 | 70.4 | 25.6 to 188.0 |