Post-fire tree regeneration in burned ponderosa pine forests of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado, USA

This data publication contains post-fire tree regeneration and other data for 807 plots distributed within and adjacent to 11 recent (10-18 year-old) wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, the Laramie Mountains of Wyoming, and the Front Range of Colorado. Data collection occurred in 2014 and 2015. The overstory of all plots had been dominated or co-dominated by ponderosa pine at the time of burning. Plots were primarily located in areas that burned with high severity, although some plots were located in areas that burned less severely or were unburned. At each plot, we recorded species, height, and other attributes for all post-fire regenerating trees, and we recorded species, status, diameter at breast height, and other attributes for all overstory trees that were thought to have been alive prior to the fire. Additionally, at each plot we recorded numerous plot attributes, including (but not limited to) fire severity, distance from surviving forest, elevation, and coarse wood cover.
These data were collected to quantify post-fire tree regeneration in ponderosa pine forests of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, the Laramie Mountains of Wyoming, and the Front Range of Colorado, and to examine the site factors that govern it.
For more information about these data and this study, see Chambers et al. (2016) and Rodman et al. (2020). The metadata for this data publication was originally published on 10/25/2022 and the associated data were under an embargo. On 04/14/2023 the metadata was updated to include a citation for a recently published article that is related to these data. On 01/02/2024 the data embargo was lifted.