Forest site

Dominant shrub species

DBH^a (mean ±SEM) (cm)/Height of dominant tree (m)

Successional status

Structural stage

Disturbance history

Mixed

Rubus spectabilis Gaultheria shallon

27 ± 4/50

young climax

understory reinitiation

Selective logging + low severity fire

Coniferous

Gaultheria shallon Vaccinium parvifolium

46 ± 3/40

mature seral

understory reinitiation

Selective logging + high severity fire

Alder

Rubus spectabilis

13 ± 1/23

mid seral

stem exclusion/ understory reinitiation

Selective logging + fire + clearing