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Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Ecosystem(s):
Montane dry mixed-conifer forest, Ponderosa pine woodland/savanna, Juniper woodland
NRFSN number: 11916
FRAMES RCS number: 13975
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This paper contains information from diverse sources on the regeneration capabilities, response to fire, and utilization of shrub species important or common to dry forest habitat types in Montana and Idaho. Response to fire is classified by reproductive strategies and how the species persists in the stand. Utility of the species for browsing by livestock and wildlife is included.
Citation
Noste, Nonan V.; Bushey, Charles L. 1987. Fire response of shrubs of dry forest habitat types in Montana and Idaho. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-239. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 22 p.