Research Article
Evaluating Potential Changes in Fire Risk from Eucalyptus Plantings in the Southern United States
Table 3
Fuel load (Mg ha−1) for typical pine fuelbeds in the southeastern United States.
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Fuelbed strata | Fuelbed | Slash pine plantation (FCCS 156) | Longleaf and slash pine forest with prescribed burning (FCCS 191) | Longleaf and slash pine forest with fire exclusion (FCCS 182) |
| Canopy | 7.17 | 6.5 | 11.21 | Shrubs | 4.26 | 10.98 | 17.71 | Nonwoody | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0.45 | Woody | 13.45 | 4.04 | 2.91 | Litter | 6.5 | 6.73 | 11.66 | Ground | 21.07 | 9.42 | 81.6 |
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