Fire in western shrubland, woodland, and grassland ecosystems

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Western shrubland, woodland, and grassland ecosystems lie west of the eastern humid temperate zone, which begins a short distance east of the 100th meridian. Shrublands include sagebrush, desert shrub, southwestern shrub steppe, Texas savanna, and chaparral-mountain shrub ecosystem types. Woodlands include southwestern ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper, and oak types that at times can be considered either forests or woodlands. The woodland/forest dichotomy can depend on phase of stand development and on the realization of natural site conditions that can form savannas with tree overstories. Grasslands include plains, mountain, desert, and annual grassland ecosystems. This chapter examines fire regime characteristics in western shrubland, woodland, and grassland ecosystems, as well as post-fire succession of plants and plant communities.

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SWAP (2/19/2016) citation:
Paysen TE, RJ Ansley, JK Brown, GJ Gottfried, SM Haase, MG Harrington, MG Narog, SS Sackett and RC Wilson. 2000. Fire in western shrubland, woodland, and grassland ecosystems [chapter 6]. In: Brown JK and J Kapler, editors. Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on flora. Ogden (UT): US forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (RMRS-GTR-42; vol. 2). p. 121–238. [accessed 2016 Jan 13]. http://vernon.tamu.edu/files/2012/11/ANS2000-01-Payson-RMRS-GTR-42-Chap-....

Entire volume 2 is available at http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr042_2.pdf