Title:

Post-fire tree regeneration in burned ponderosa pine forests of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado, USA

Author(s):

Fornwalt, Paula J.; Chambers, Marin E.; Battaglia, Michael A.; Iniguez, Jose M.; Sieg, Carolyn H.

Publication Year:

2022

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Fornwalt, Paula J.; Chambers, Marin E.; Battaglia, Michael A.; Iniguez, Jose M.; Sieg, Carolyn H. 2022. Post-fire tree regeneration in burned ponderosa pine forests of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado, USA. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0042

Abstract:

This data publication contains post-fire tree regeneration and other data for 807 plots distributed within and adjacent to 11 recent (10-18 year-old) wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, the Laramie Mountains of Wyoming, and the Front Range of Colorado. Data collection occurred in 2014 and 2015. The overstory of all plots had been dominated or co-dominated by ponderosa pine at the time of burning. Plots were primarily located in areas that burned with high severity, although some plots were located in areas that burned less severely or were unburned. At each plot, we recorded species, height, and other attributes for all post-fire regenerating trees, and we recorded species, status, diameter at breast height, and other attributes for all overstory trees that were thought to have been alive prior to the fire. Additionally, at each plot we recorded numerous plot attributes, including (but not limited to) fire severity, distance from surviving forest, elevation, and coarse wood cover.

Keywords:

biota; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; Fire; Fire ecology; ponderosa pine; Pinus ponderosa; tree regeneration; wildfire; Colorado; South Dakota; Wyoming; Black Hills; Front Range

Related publications:

• Chambers, Marin E.; Fornwalt, Paula J.; Malone, Sparkle L.; Battaglia, Michael A. 2016. Patterns of conifer regeneration following high severity wildfire in ponderosa pine-dominated forests of the Colorado Front Range. Forest Ecology and Management. 378: 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.07.001 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/52277
• Chambers, Marin E.; Fornwalt, Paula J.; Malone, Sparkle L.; Battaglia, Michael A. 2022. Corrigendum to "Patterns of conifer regeneration following high severity wildfire in ponderosa pine-dominated forests of the Colorado Front Range" [For. Ecol. Manage. 378 (2016) 57–67]. Forest Ecology and Management. 507: 119971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119971
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