Figure 2. --Representative 

 vegetation within the 

 prescribed fire area, 

 July 1963. 



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

 Neal Canyon, before prescribed burn, July 1963 



Plant class 



Number " 







Size 











D.b.h. 



(inches) 





Trees 









0-1 : 



1-3 : 3-8 



: 8-15 



Douglas -fir 



31.4 



3.3 



10.2 



10.2 7.0 



0.7 



Shrubs Crown volume (cu. ft.) 



Acer glabrum 



4.27 



1,376.2 



Amelanchier alnifolia 



.22 



7.9 



Ceanothus velutinus 



.06 



.3 



Ribes lacustre 



.89 



16.8 



Ribes viscosissimum 



.28 



1.0 



Salix scouleriana 



.33 



254.1 



Sorbus scopulina 



.11 



60.7 



Symphoricarpos oreophilus 



2.11 



11.7 



Total 



8.27 



1,728.7 



Ground cover Square feet 



Vegetation 1 370 

 Litter 570 

 Bare ground 60 



1 Frequencies of occurrence for common species in the ground layer were: Carex geyeri 

 (52 percent), Arnica cordifolia (48 percent), Senecio cymbalaroides (44 percent), Calamagrostis 

 rubescens (24 percent), seedlings of Pseudotsuga menziesii (20 percent), Ribes lacustre (20 per- 

 cent), Epilobium angustifolium (20 percent), Poa nervosa (20 percent), and Potentilla glandulosa 

 (20 percent). 



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