Most of the burned area was aerially seeded; however, 

 one area in the western portion of the burn was not 

 seeded at the request of the landowner. Stand 19 is 

 located in this area and had only a trace of seeded grass 

 in 1978. Other areas without seeded grass were 

 deliberately included in the study so that their develop- 

 ment could be followed. Stands 21 and 24, near the 

 eastern and western fire boundaries, did not have any 

 seeded grass present in 1978 and stand 18, well within 

 the burned area, had only a trace amount of seeded 

 grass in 1978. 



It seems likely that initially the seeded grasses would 

 compete most strongly with other herbaceous vegetation 

 and seedUngs of all species. Data from the four stands 

 originally without seeded grasses in figure 6 contrast 

 with the data from the stands where seeded grasses 

 established well. Seeding did produce high herbaceous 

 cover in 1978 and 1979 (fig. 7). Herbaceous cover has 

 declined somewhat from 1979 to 1982 while cover of 

 seeded grasses has declined more rapidly. In 1979 seeded 

 grasses comprised 71 percent of the herbaceous plant 

 layer; in 1982 they had declined to 45 percent of the her- 

 baceous plant cover in those stands with seeded grasses 

 initially. The stands without seeded grasses initially had 

 lower herbaceous cover values in 1978 and 1979 but they 

 had somewhat higher cover values thgui stands with 

 seeded grasses in the summer of 1982 (fig. 8). 



Tree regeneration data from vegetation plots in upland 

 stands is summarized in table 6. In 1982, seedlings out- 

 side the plots were observed in all stands listed in table 

 6 except stands 15 and 16. A few larch trees survived 

 the fire in the area of stand 21 and there are some larch 

 seedlings in the area as well as lodgepole pine. Stands 20 

 thru 27 have lodgepole pine seedlings in the stand. 



Figure 7.— The highest cover values for seed 

 ed grasses on upland sites in 1978 were 

 found in areas similar to stand 15. The domi' 

 nant grass is orchardgrass; however, the 

 grass in bloom is native pinegrass. 



Figure 6.— Cover changes (percentage) tor 

 upland stands with seeded grasses initially 

 and those without seeded grasses initially. 

 Solid line indicates total vascular plant 

 cover. Dashed line indicates total herb cover 

 (may include low shrubs under 5 dm with 

 less than one-sixth plot cover). Dashes with 

 dots indicates total shrub cover and dots in- 

 dicate seeded grass cover. 



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