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Type: Report
Publication Date: 1970
Chamise shrubs in southern California were analyzed for the physical characteristics known to affect fire behavior, such as density, fuel loading, and fuel bed porosity. Considerable variation was found, but results are helpful in developing estimates of chamise fuel characteristics for fire control under field conditions.
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Citation: Countryman, Clive M.; Philpot, Charles W. 1970. Physical characteristics of chamise as a wildland fuel. Research Paper PSW-RP-66. Berkeley, CA: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p.
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- Adenostoma fasciculatum
- burning characteristics
- chaparral
- coastal forests
- dead fuels
- distribution
- droughts
- energy
- fine fuels
- fire intensity
- fire management
- flammability
- foliage
- fuel accumulation
- fuel appraisal
- fuel arrangement
- fuel loading
- fuel management
- fuel moisture
- fuel types
- heat
- heat effects
- ignition
- live fuels
- moisture
- needles
- plant growth
- population density
- rate of spread
- seedlings
- shrubs
- size classes
- southern California
- sprouting
- wildfires
- wood chemistry
- woody fuels
Tall Timbers Record Number: 9657
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