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Effects Of A Prescribed Burn On Tree- And Herb-Layer Vegetation In A Post Oak (Quercus Stellata) Dominated Flatwoods, Rebecca W. Dolan
Effects Of A Prescribed Burn On Tree- And Herb-Layer Vegetation In A Post Oak (Quercus Stellata) Dominated Flatwoods, Rebecca W. Dolan
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Post oak flatwoods are an unusual plant community type dominated by even-aged and uniformly sized post oaks (Quercus stellata) growing along level terraces of the Ohio River. Historical evidence exists that fire may play a role in the maintenance of the open canopy and poorly-developed understory characteristic of this community type (Dolan and Menges. 1989). The results of summer vegetation surveys taken yearly from 1989 to 1992 in a post oak flatwoods in southwestern Indiana that was subjected to a prescribed bum in the spring of 1989 are reported in this paper. The objective of the study was to determine …