Shrub and Herbaceous Vegetation after 20 Years of Prescribed Burning in the South Carolina Coastal Plain

Lewis, Clifford E.; Harshbarger, Thomas J.

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“…However, a long-term fire study conducted in pine-dominated stands on the Santee Experimental Forest of South Carolina does provide some insight into this type of fire regime (Langdon 1981, Lewis and Harshbarger 1976, Lotti et al 1960, McKee 1982. The study was established in 1946 with annual and periodic (every 3 to 5 years) burning conducted in summer and winter until Hurricane Hugo severely damaged the study in September 1989.…”

Section: Dual and Multiple Firesmentioning

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The fireoak literature of eastern North America: synthesis and guidelines

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Waldrop³

2014

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Guidelines for using prescribed fire to regenerate and restore upland oak forests, woodlands, and savannas in eastern North America were developed by synthesizing the results of more than 100 scientific publications. The first four chapters provide background information on the values of oak ecosystems, eastern fire history, oak's adaptations to fire, and the findings of fire-oak research conducted over the past 50 years. The final chapter synthesizes that background information into guidelines that explain how to use prescribed fire to facilitate oak seedling establishment, release oak reproduction from competing mesophytic hardwoods, and rehabilitate open oak woodlands, oak savannas, and scrub oak communities. A reference section is also provided for readers desiring to delve more deeply into the associations between periodic fire and oak forests, woodlands, and savannas.

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Section: Dual and Multiple Firesmentioning

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The fireoak literature of eastern North America: synthesis and guidelines

Brose¹,

Dey²,

Waldrop³

2014

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“…Associated Vegetation-Conifer associates of longleaf pine include loblolly pine, slash pine, and pond pine on wetter sites and shortleaf pine, Virginia pine, and sand pine on drier sites depending upon the fire return interval and fireline intensity, particularly during the juvenile growth stage.The groundcover comprises primarily bunchgrasses such as wiregrass along the Atlantic seaboard (Lemon 1949;Lewis and Hart 1972;Lewis and Harshbarger 1976) and little bluestem and slender bluestem from central Alabama westward (Grelen and Duvall 1966). Common woody understory species include saw palmetto, gallberry, and wax myrtle.…”

Section: Longleaf Pinementioning

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Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on flora

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_____________________________________This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire regime classification, autecological effects of fire, fire regime characteristics and postfire plant community developments in ecosystems throughout the United States and Canada, global climate change, ecological principles of fire regimes, and practical considerations for managing fire in an ecosytem context.

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“…Burning has long been used to manage inland plant communities for wildlife (e.g., Lewis and Harshbarger 1976;Moog et al 2002) and has been used in recent years to create nesting habitat for Common and Roseate terns on at least one island in the Gulf of Maine (S. Williams, pers. commun.).…”

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