SFRC-86/06 The Impact of Wet Season and Dry Season Prescribed Fires on Miami Rock Ridge Pineland, Everglades National Park
Snyder JR. 1986. SFRC-86/06 The Impact of Wet Season and Dry Season Prescribed Fires on Miami Rock Ridge Pineland, Everglades National Park. SFRC 86/06. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Florida
In the subtropical pine forests on oolitic limestone in Dade County, Florida, Pinus elliottii var. densa grows over a species-rich understory (more than 128 app.) of shrubby hardwoods (mostly tropical evergreen species), palms, and herbs, including several endemic taxa. Fires prevent rapid conversion to hardwood forest. To compare the response of these pinelands burning the lightning fire season (hot, wet, summer months) and the management fire season (cooler, drier, winter months), paired burns were conducted at two sites in Everglades National Park, one burned 3.5 yr previously and the other 6 yr. Aboveground understory biomass and nutrients were measured immediately before and after, and at 2, 7, and 12 mo. after the four burns.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Snyder, James
- Date of Issue
- 1986
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- everglades, FIRE, pineland, Prescribed, SFNRCTRS