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The Effect Of Controlled Burns On Abundance Of Woody Species At Buck Mountain, West Virginia, Barry E. Edgar
The Effect Of Controlled Burns On Abundance Of Woody Species At Buck Mountain, West Virginia, Barry E. Edgar
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
Each year, the U.S. Forest Service prescribes burns within the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest (GWJNF). Burns are prescribed in the growing (late April-October) and dormant season (November- mid-April). The goal of the burns is to reinstate the natural fire regime, returning forests to their original species composition. Currently in GWJNF, Appalachian pine-oak forests are experiencing an increase in fire-intolerant species, while Quercus species and Gaylussacia brachycera, an endangered shrub species, are declining. In the summer of 2014, a vegetation survey was conducted on Buck Mountain, West Virginia to determine if there was a significant difference between dormant and …