Title:

Green River Fire and Fire Surrogates Study: Tree and duff measurements

Author(s):

Taylor, Melanie K.; Hagan, Donald L.; Coates, T. Adam; DeFeo, Julia A.; Callaham, Mac A., Jr.; Mohr, Helen H.; Waldrop, Thomas A.; Wurzburger, Nina

Publication Year:

2025

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Taylor, Melanie K.; Hagan, Donald L.; Coates, T. Adam; DeFeo, Julia A.; Callaham, Mac A., Jr.; Mohr, Helen H.; Waldrop, Thomas A.; Wurzburger, Nina. 2025. Green River Fire and Fire Surrogates Study: Tree and duff measurements. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2024-0024

Abstract:

These are data from the Green River Fire and Fire Surrogates Study which took place in the Green River Game Lands in western North Carolina, USA. In this study, three treatments - mechanical felling (Mech), repeated prescribed fires (Fire), or a combination (Mech + Fire)- were experimentally applied starting in 2003 and compared to untreated controls (Control). Species composition of overstory trees, total basal area, saplings, seedlings, and duff depth are included from 2001, and from the latest available inventory (2014 [duff], 2016 [seedlings/saplings], or 2018 [overstory]). Changes (delta) from pre- to post-treatment are included as well.

Keywords:

Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Ecology; Plant ecology; Soil; Fire; Fire ecology; Prescribed fire; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; fuel managment; oak decline; mesophication; Joint Fire Science Program; JFSP; biota; North Carolina; Green Mountain Game Lands

Related publications:

• Taylor, Melanie K.; Hagan, Donald L.; Coates, T. Adam; DeFeo, Julia A.; Callaham Jr., Mac A.; Mohr, Helen H.; Waldrop, Thomas A.; Wurzburger, Nina. unknown. Paying down resilience debt: Mechanical felling and repeated prescribed fires may sustain eastern oak forests. Ecological Applications. [In review].

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