Year Published:
Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Soils
Vegetation
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Mechanical treatments
Management Approaches
Ecological - Second Order
Soils
Vegetation
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Mechanical treatments
Management Approaches
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine wet spruce-fir forest, Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest
NRFSN number: 11965
FRAMES RCS number: 14154
Record updated:
No single combination of five cutting-site preparation treatments resulted in superior natural regeneration in spruce-fir stands in Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho. Best results were generally obtained by partial cutting, with minimal disturbance of litter and organic matter, especially on harsh, high-elevation sites. Most sites remained receptive to natural regeneration; however, high seedling mortality resulted in slow accumulation of established seedlings on all treatment combinations. For optimum natural regeneration, silvicultural prescriptions must be stand and forest specific.
Citation
McCaughey, Ward W.; Fiedler, Carl E.; Schmidt, Wyman C. 1991. Twenty-year natural regeneration following five silvicultural prescriptions in spruce-fir forests of the intermountain west. Res. Pap. INT-RP-439. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 12 p.