Table 2. A broad classification of types of old-growth, frequent-fire forests considered in this article
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Time period |
Type | |
Description |
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Past |
1. Presettlement forests | |
Considered to have ended with the year of the last surface fire |
Present |
2. Old growth | |
Unharvested, dominated by old trees, but typically affected by fire
exclusion and livestock |
Present |
3. Developing old growth | |
Forests managed to attain some or many old-growth characteristics in the
future |
Future |
4. Old growth | |
Type 2 still dominated by old trees that may have been managed to varying
degrees |
Future |
5. Emergent old growth | |
Type 3 that has attained some or many old-growth characteristics |
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