Development of vegetation in a young ponderosa pine plantation : effect of treatment duration and time since disturbance / Philip M. McDonald and Gary O. Fiddler.

Author/creator McDonald, Philip M.
Other author Fiddler, Gary O.
Other author Pacific Southwest Research Station.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany, CA : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, [2007]
Description23 pages : digital, PDF file.
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS93800
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SeriesResearch paper PSW ; RP-251
Research paper PSW RP-251. ^A430489
Summary The density and development of deerbrush (Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn.), other shrubs, forbs, graminoids, and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws. var. ponderosa) seedlings were evaluated in a young plantation in northern California from 1988 through 1997. Treatment regimes consisted of manual release (grubbing) over 3 to 6 years and resulted in vegetation recovery times of 4 to 10 years. Revegetation was remarkably diverse, rapid, and vigorous. At the end of the study, the dominant shrub, deerbrush, had significantly lower average density and foliar cover relative to the control when treated either the first 3 years or the second 3 years, but average height was similar regardless of treatment. Average density of the 11 other shrubs was statistically higher in the control relative to other treatments, but cover and height did not differ. Density, foliar cover, and height of the forbs and graminoids did not differ among treatments at the end of the study. In the control, deerbrush plants numbered 6,100 per acre; other shrubs, 2,550 per acre; forbs, 27,300 per acre; and graminoids, 5,800 plants per acre in 1997. Foliar cover of deerbrush at 22,700 ft² per acre was more than five times that of all other naturally established species combined and slightly exceeded that of pine seedlings in all treatments.
General noteTitle from Web page (viewed on July 13, 2007).
General note"June 2007."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 21-23).
Technical detailsMode of access: Internet from the Forest Service web site. Address as of 05/02/08: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw%5Frp251/psw%5Frp251.pdf ; current access is available via PURL.
GPO item number0083-B (online)
Govt. docs number A 13.78:PSW-RP-251

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