s 



M 



Fire 



Burned 

 trees 



Peat 



Glacial 

 rubble 



'CO 



xed Stand 



Trees, shrubs, debris, and upper peat (with viable cedar seed) burn. 

 The forest floor is lowered when peat burns. 



After a fire mature 

 cedar does not resprout 

 Hardwood and pine 

 resprout unless 

 water exceeds 0.3 m 



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^' 



Hardwood & pine sprout 

 - A or form basal shoots. 



Pine Swamp 



Deciduous Hardwood 

 Swamp 



Pond 



Figure 26. Effects of fire during low water in Atlantic white cedar wetlands. 



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