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Author(s):
James K. Brown
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fuels Inventory & Monitoring
Fuels
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest, Montane dry mixed-conifer forest

NRFSN number: 11941
FRAMES RCS number: 14064
Record updated:

About 70 percent of the volume and surface area of spruce-fir logging slash lies below the mid-depth of the slash. Material 0 to 1 centimeter in diameter was distributed vertically in the same proportions as all other material. Old slash in the first 20 centimeters above the ground contained a higher proportion of large material than new slash. Quantity of slash averaged 26.5 kg./m.^2 (118 tons/acre) dry weight with 0.57 kg. /m.^2 composed of material 0 to 1 centimeter in diameter. Bulk density of slash decreased vertically and averaged 0.030 g./cc. for new slash and 0.053 for old slash. Needle mats suspended in the slash occurred with a 40 percent frequency.

Citation

Brown, James K. 1970. Vertical distribution of fuel in spruce-fir logging slash. Res. Pap. INT-RP-81. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 9 p.

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