Fire regimes for pine-grassland communities in the southeastern United States

Four combinations of season and frequency of burning were applied in Coastal Plain loblolly pine stands over a 43-year period. Overstory species composition and growth were unaffected by treatment. Above-ground portions of small hardwoods (less than 12.5 cm d.b.h.) were killed and replaced by numero...

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Published in:Forest ecology and management 1992, Vol.47 (1), p.195-210
Main Authors: Waldrop, Thomas A., White, David L., Jones, Steven M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biological and medical sciences
BOTANICAL COMPOSITION
BRULAGE
BURNING
COMPOSICION BOTANICA
COMPOSITION BOTANIQUE
CRECIMIENTO
CROISSANCE
ESTACIONES DEL ANO
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
ETATS UNIS
Forestry
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General forest ecology
Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology
GRAMINEAS
GRAMINEE
GRASSES
GROWTH
PINUS ECHINATA
PINUS PALUSTRIS
PINUS TAEDA
QUEMA
SAISON
SEASONS
SOTOBOSQUE
SOUS BOIS
UNDERGROWTH
USA
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Summary:Four combinations of season and frequency of burning were applied in Coastal Plain loblolly pine stands over a 43-year period. Overstory species composition and growth were unaffected by treatment. Above-ground portions of small hardwoods (less than 12.5 cm d.b.h.) were killed and replaced by numerous sprouts under periodic summer, periodic winter, and annual winter burning regimes. With annual summer burning, small hardwoods and shrubs were killed and replaced by vegetation typical of grassland communities. Grasses and forbs also dominated the understory of annual winter burns but numerous hardwood sprouts survived. Study results emphasize that frequent burning over a long period is needed to create and maintain the pine-grassland community observed by the first European settlers of the southeast.
ISSN:0378-1127
1872-7042
DOI:10.1016/0378-1127(92)90274-D