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Publication Date: 1962
Livestock ranges in south Florida are burned during the winter season every 2 or 3 years to remove accumulated growth and "freshen" native forage plants for cattle. This practice increases variation in herbage volume and nutritive quality, and alters seasonal patterns of herbage growth. A period of no herbage volume immediately after a fire is followed by a brief period of low herbage volume-high nutritive quality and finally, by an extended period of high herbage volume-low nutritive quality.
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Citation: Hilmon, J. B.; Lewis, Claire E. 1962. Effect of burning on south Florida range. Station Paper 146. Asheville, NC: USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.
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- Aristida stricta
- biomass
- browse
- burning intervals
- calcium
- ecosystem dynamics
- experimental areas
- fertilizer
- flatwoods
- Florida
- forage
- forbs
- grasses
- grasslike plants
- herbaceous vegetation
- herbage production
- litter
- livestock
- minerals
- phenology
- phosphorus
- pineland threeawn
- Pinus elliottii
- plant growth
- plant nutrients
- protein
- range burning
- range management
- season of fire
- Serenoa repens
- shrubs
- understory vegetation
Tall Timbers Record Number: 6845 • Location Status: In-file • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 19687
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