Evaluating Potential Changes in Fire Risk from Eucalyptus Plantings in the Southern United States

Table 1

Fuel load (Mg ha⁻¹) for initial FCCS fuelbed 165 and starting point for plantation fuelbeds; fuelbed 165 is typical for a longleaf pine savanna with a herbaceous layer dominated by grasses and forbs, burned periodically.

Fuelbed strata	Fuelbed
	FCCS 165	Plantation, preplanting
Canopy	0.9	0
Shrubs	2.69	0
Nonwoody	0.9	0.9
Woody	1.57	0
Litter	2.69	0
Ground	2.91	0