Giant Sequoia Ecology and Fire
Mutch L. 2021. Giant Sequoia Ecology and Fire. National Park Service
This brief provides basic information about giant sequoia ecology and life cycle and fire history and the important role that fire plays in giant sequoia groves. It discusses the long history and importance of prescribed burning in Sierra Nevada national parks, and challenges park managers face in doing as much prescribed fire as is needed to sustain healthy, resilient giant sequoia groves.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Mutch, Linda
- Date of Issue
- 2021-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- SEKI , YOSE
- Keywords
- fire ecology, fire history, giant sequoia, giant sequoia stewardship, prescribed burns, prescribed fire, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Yosemite National Park
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Fire and Fuel Dynamics | Fire and Fuel Dynamics