Figure 7.--Prefire and sequential 

 postfire vegetation on a repre- 

 sentative photo plot. A. July 

 1963; B. August 1963; C. July 

 1964; D. July 1965. 



Table 3. --Average numbers of plants, by class, per 1,000 square feet, 



Neal Canyon, 1 year after the fire 



Plant class 



Number 



Crown volume (cu.ft.) 



Shrubs 



Acer glabrum 

 Amelanchier alnifolia 

 Salix scouleriana 

 Sambucus racemosa 

 Symphoricarpos oreophilus 



0.63 

 .05 

 .15 

 .02 

 .02 



3.9 

 .5 

 16.4 

 .3 

 .1 



Total 



0.87 



21.2 



Ground cover Square feet 



Vegetation 1 270 

 Litter 10 

 Bare ground 720 



1 Frequencies of occurrence for common species in the ground layer were Moldavica 

 parviflora (96 percent), Ceanothus velutinus (92 percent), Iliamna rivularis (52 percent), 

 Ribes viscosissimum (24 percent), Arnica cordifolia (24 percent), and Pseudotsuga menziesii 

 (20 percent). 



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