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Herbal Smoking Mixtures
... fire. Manzanita is fire slowed down and embodied into a plant. Just look at its red bark and wispy habit. Manzanita evolved with fire. If Smoky the Bear wasn't in charge of fire suppression ... becomes unhealthy. Burning doesn't kill the plant, it invigorates its growth. The wood is fire resistant and often has unique grains and "burls." It makes excellent pipe material. Madrone, Arbutus ...
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F@B: September 2000 - Forest Properties
... program between 1928 and 1958. Research has included Harold Biswell's pioneering use of prescribed fire as well as the effects of air pollution on seedlings. A resource inventory was made ... , 31 acres were leased to the CDF for use as a ranger station and helicopter fire suppression headquarters.rom FIT. UCB > CNR > Center for Forestry > Forestry@Berkeley > September 2000 > Forest Properties This ...
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International Carnivous Plant Society
... plant is in particular peril because of ecosystem-wide threats of changes in the hydrology, fire suppression, and development. The ICPS is helping fund a restoration project at the only Sarracenia ... botanist that the alders have been encroaching on this bog, possibly as a result of fire suppression. While fire is an unworkable stewardship solution in this area of California, manual thinning and ...
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CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
... by Native Americans prior to European settlement. Certainly, there was no policy of fire suppression as is now the case. The identity of the pollinators and seed dispersers ... 1995) Threats • Curtailment of range. • Collection of plants mistaken for the medicinal Echinacea purpurea. • Fire suppression. • Highway rights-of-way maintenance. • Urbanization and suburbanization of the area of occurrence. • ...
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CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
... .S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the time of listing (USFWS 1990), include: Limestone quarrying Fire suppression Habitat destruction by recreational activities, foot traffic, construction, etc. Herbivory Plant collecting, although not a ...
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South Florida Plant Communities
... few scattered locations in the Caribbean. Pine rocklands are extremely endangered because of urbanization, fire suppression, and invasion by non-native species. Fairchild scientists currently are conducting several studies ... here in South Florida. This slight elevation is also enough to support an upland fire-maintained habitat we call "pine rockland." Plants favor pine rockland habitat. There you ...
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"Coastal Carnivores" Carnivorous Plants: Cultivation Tips: Dionaea
... the fact that they have underground stores in the form of a bulb-like rhizome. Fire swept through quickly, burning the leaves, but leaving this rhizome unharmed. Today, the venus flytrap ... collection in North Carolina. Unfortunately, it suffers the woes of unscrupulous plant collectors, land developers, fire suppression, and farming. While it still does live in North Carolina, it's on the verge ...
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Forestry Glossary: B is for ... bark, biomass, and boreal
... the plant material above the ground in a forest". Years of fire suppression leaves forests with increased ground-level tinder and fire hazard. Harvesting some of the trees: Removes nutrients from the forest ... floor increases the fuel for a ground-level fire. Does not reduce likelihood of a ground fire laddering up the trees into a crown fire, unless significant reduction is made in branches and ...
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Pining for Pines
... root lets it access deep moisture, and prevents wind-throw. Can live to 500 years. Fire suppression has removed the view that John Muir saw of 200-feet-plus trees in separate ...
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COMMERCIAL LOGGING FOR WILDFIRE PREVENTION
... of fires. FACT: Small-diameter surface fuels are the primary carriers of fire. Current fire spread models such as the BEHAVE program do not even consider fuels greater ... Service "Fire severity has generally increased and fire frequency has generally decreased over the last 200 years. The primary causative factors behind fire regime changes are effective fire prevention and suppression strategies, ...
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