Steep Rubbly Slope
Circle-spoke model
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Description
The reference state is characterized by a montane chaparral community dominated by huckleberry oak and maintained by regular high severity fire, with a mean fire return interval of 28 years. Fire suppression over the last century has led to forest encroachment and a forested community phase. Fire in the forested phase should cause a return to the reference plant community, and it is not thought that forest encroachment has led to an altered state. This ecological site has high ecological resilience, with dry, rocky slopes limiting exotic species invasion, and suitability for livestock grazing.
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