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Name:   Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC) Interagency Handbook Reference Conditions. Bluestem Prairie-Oak Hickory Mosaic - BLST2(BLST2)

Date Published:  1/26/2005

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Brief Description:  Geographic Area: Largest expanse (11-13 million ha)1 across Central Midwestern states with typical Prairie Border forests and Prairie Peninsula region of eastern states Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Complete Description:  Geographic Area: Largest expanse (11-13 million ha)1 across Central Midwestern states with typical Prairie Border forests and Prairie Peninsula region of eastern states Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Description: Within the area of the Prairie Border forests (Abrams 1992), prairie vegetation dominated the landscape with oak-hickory forests existing within fire protected ravines or along stream corridors forming gallery forests (Abrams 1992). While the region is strongly influenced by dry continental air flow patterns and periodic drought, historic fire frequency determined the prairie-forest boundary with much variation based on topography, fuel breaks, ignition sources, and climate (Whitney 1994, Anderson and Bowles 1999). Over time, forest edges expanded and contracted based on topographic variability and fire frequency and intensity exhibiting a continuum of grassland, “grub”, open savanna woodlands, or canopied forests. Much has been written concerning these systems and excellent reviews can be found in Whitney (1994) and Anderson Fralish and Baskin (1999).

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