Table 6 Fire and shade tolerance classifications for each species encountered in the literature review
Species | Common name | Shade tolerance | Fire tolerance |
|---|---|---|---|
Abies amabilis | Pacific silver fir | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Abies balsamea | Balsam fir | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Abies concolor | White fir | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Abies grandis | Grand fir | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine fir | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Abies magnifica | California red fir | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Acer glabrum | Mountain maple | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Acer negundo | Boxelder | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Acer obtusatum | Bosnian maple | Tolerant | Unknown |
Acer pensylvanicum | Striped maple | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Acer platanoides | Norway maple | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore maple | Tolerant | Unknown |
Acer rubrum | Red maple | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Ailanthus altissima | Tree-of-heaven | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Alnus viridis | Green alder | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Amelanchier spp. | Serviceberry | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Amomyrtus sp. | Myrtle | Tolerant | Unknown |
Aralia sp. | Spikenard | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Arbutus menziesii | Pacific madrone | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Austrocedrus chilensis | Patagonian cypress/ciprés de la cordillera | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Betula lenta | Sweet birch | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Betula papyrifera | Paper birch | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Betula pendula | Silver birch | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Betula platyphylla | Japanese white birch | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Betula pubescens | Downy birch | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Caldcluvia paniculata | Tiaca | Tolerant | Unknown |
Calocedrus decurrens | Incense cedar | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Carya cordiformis | Bitternut hickory | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Carya glabra | Pignut hickory | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Carya ovata | Shagbark hickory | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Carya tomentosa | Mockernut hickory | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Crataegus | Hawthorn | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Drimys winteri | Winter’s bark/canelo | Tolerant | Unknown |
Embothrium coccineum | Notro | Intolerant | Unknown |
Eucryphia cordifolia | Ulmo | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Fagus sylvatica | European beech | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Fraxinus americana | White ash | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Fraxinus ornus | Flowering ash | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Gevuina avellana | Avellano | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Juniperus communis | Common juniper | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Juniperus occidentalis | Western juniper | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky mountain juniper | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Larix gmelinii | Dahurian larch | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Larix laricina | Tamarack | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Larix occidentalis | Western larch | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Larix sibirica | Siberian larch | Intolerant | Unknown |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tuliptree | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Notholithocarpus densiflorus | Tanoak | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Lomatia ferruginea | Fuinque | Tolerant | Unknown |
Nothofagus dombeyi | Coihue | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Nothofagus nitida | Roble | Tolerant | Unknown |
Nothofagus pumilio | Lenga | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Ostrya carpinifolia | European hop-hornbeam | Intolerant | Unknown |
Picea abies | Norway spruce | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Picea engelmannii | Engelmann spruce | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Picea glauca | White spruce | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Picea mariana | Black spruce | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Picea obovata | Siberian spruce | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Pilgerodendron uviferum | Ciprés de las Guaitecas | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark pine | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Pinus attenuata | Knobcone pine | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Pinus Banksiana | Jack pine | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Pinus contorta | Lodgepole pine | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Pinus flexilis | Limber pine | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Pinus jeffreyi | Jeffrey pine | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Pinus lambertiana | Sugar pine | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Pinus monticola | Western white pine | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa pine | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Pinus rigida | Pitch pine | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Pinus sibirica | Siberian pine | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Pinus strobus | Eastern white pine | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Podocarpus nubigena | Maniu macho | Tolerant | Unknown |
Populus balsamifera | Balsam poplar | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Populus gradidentata | Bigtooth aspen | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Populus tremula | Eurasian aspen | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Populus tremuloides | Quaking aspen | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Prunus americana | American plum | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Prunus pensylvanica | Pin cherry | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Prunus serotina | Black cherry | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas-fir | Intolerant | Intolerant |
Quercus alba | White oak | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus chrysolepis | Canyon live oak | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus coccinea | Scarlet oak | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus ilicifolia | Scrub oak | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus kelloggii | California black oak | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus montana | Chestnut oak | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus prinoides | Chinkapin oak | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus rubra | Northern red oak | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus sadleriana | Oregon white oak | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Quercus velutina | Black oak | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Raukaua laetevirens | Traumen | Unknown | Unknown |
Salix bebbiana | Bebb willow | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Salix caprea | Goat willow | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Salix glauca | Narrowleaf willow | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Salix planifolia | Diamondleaf willow | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Sambucus nigra | Blue elderberry | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Saxegothaea conspicua | MañÃo de hojas cortas | Tolerant | Unknown |
Sequoia sempervirens | Redwood | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan | Tolerant | Tolerant |
Taxus baccata | English yew | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Tepualia stipularis | Tepu | Intolerant | Tolerant |
Thuja occidentalis | White cedar | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Thuja plicata | Western red cedar | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Tsuga canadensis | Eastern hemlock | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Tsuga heterophylla | Western hemlock | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Tsuga mertensiana | Mountain hemlock | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Ulmus americana | American elm | Tolerant | Intolerant |
Weinmannia trichosperma | Tineo | Intolerant | Intolerant |