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Type: Book
Author(s): J. S. Crosby
Publication Date: 1961

Studies of the accumulation of litter and duff in Missouri Ozark shortleaf pine forests reveal that in general the layer of this material is thin but that its depth is related to basal area of the pine. Because litter dries fast, its weight alone probably gives a better measure of available forest fire fuel than the combined weight of litter and duff.

Citation: Crosby, J. S. 1961. Litter-and-duff fuel in shortleaf pine stands in Southeast Missouri. Technical Paper No. 178. Columbus, OH, USDA Forest Service, Central States Forest Experiment Station.

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Keywords:
  • age classes
  • biomass
  • distribution
  • duff
  • fire intensity
  • flammability
  • fuel accumulation
  • fuel loading
  • fuel moisture
  • hardwoods
  • humidity
  • humus
  • litter
  • mineral soils
  • Missouri
  • organic matter
  • pine forests
  • Pinus echinata
  • plantations
  • rate of spread
  • sampling
  • season of fire
  • seasonal activities
  • shortleaf pine
  • site treatments
  • stand characteristics
  • statistical analysis
  • thinning
  • vegetation surveys
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 8494Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Fire File DDWAbstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 34269

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