Aspen Bibliography

Tim Benedict

Document Type

Unpublished Paper

Source

Unpublished report

Publication Date

1-21-2010

Abstract

I engaged in a mission to search aspen regeneration response in Montana following large scale disturbance events, such as wildland fire. The Bitterroot surfaced as a prime example. Sue Macmeeken, former Bitterroot Silviculturist, expressed “The Bitterroot is not known for having a lot of aspen. Before the 2000 fires we saw it sporadically across the landscape in draws, openings, and a few other areas - mostly as individual trees and once in awhile as a small grove. After the fires, it came up all over the place and in fairly large numbers. It seemed impossible that it could be due to sprouting alone although no one spent a lot of time digging them to check their origin. It was not everywhere but it was so common that no one took notice anymore. There is so much of it that it appears that there’s plenty for the deer & elk to munch on and we really didn’t notice it disappearing anywhere. “

Comments

This is the Bitterroot Aspen Response to Recent Wildland Fires.

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