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Ecological site F043CY609OR

Warm Dry Conifer Foothills and Mountains (PIPO-PSME/SYAL/CAGE)

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States 1 and 5 (additional transitions)

T1a - Long term fire exclusion (50-100+) years
T1b - Widespread catastrophic stand replacing fire event
T1c - Introduced range grass or exotic grass invasion
T1d - Site converted to annual cropland or pasture/hayland
R2a - Restoration practices that reduce excessive fuel loads and reduce overstory crown bulk density
T2a - Widespread catastrophic stand replacing fire event
R3a - Conifer planting
R4a - Practices that promote the reestablishment of native understory species
R4a - Practices are applied which reduce or eliminate unwanted weeds and invasive species
R5a - Practices that promote the reestablishment of native understory species
T5a - Poor management or abandonment leads to weed invasion
P1.1a - Mixed severity or stand replacing fire, beetle outbreak, windthrow event, mistletoe outbreak, storm damage
P1.1b - Time and the absence of major disturbance events
P1.2a - Low severity fire regime maintained for an extended period
P1.2b - Fire cycles missed
P1.3b - Low severity fire regime maintained for an extended period
P1.3a - Fires occur which are severe enough to eliminate most of all Ponderosa pine size classes
P1.3c - Fire cycles missed
P1.4a - Fires occur which are severe enough to eliminate most of all Ponderosa pine size classes
P1.4b - Mixed severity fire occurs eliminating some of the overstory
P1.4c - Low severity fire regime maintained for ~150 years
P1.5b - Insects/disease, such as bark beetles, remove portions of the overstory
P1.5a - A fire event severe enough to eliminate the majority of the overstory, or less severe mixed severity fires which creates random patch openings, occur
P1.5c - Insects/disease, such as bark beetles, or mixed and low severity fire