Table 1. Fire-scar collection site descriptions.  
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Transect &	Number 				Dominant 	Dominant 
Site Code1 	of Samples	Elevation (m) 		Aspects	Tree Species2
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Yosemite-Mariposa Transect

BFH		5		1090			N-NW		PSME, CADE, QUKE, PIPO
POF		12		1150			W		QUKE, PIPO
WCL		7		1200			W/SW,SE	PIPO, QUKE, CADE, PSME
WCU		7		1210			SE,S,SW,W	PIPO, CADE, QUKE, PSME
BBS		6		1305			NE		QUKE, CADE, PIPO
HEL		5		1350			N		PIPO, CADE, QUKE
WWL		7		1365			NE		PIPO, CADE, PILA
WWM		9		1395			NE		PIPO, CADE, PILA
BMD		9		1760			S,SW		PIPO, PILA, CADE, QUsp,
									ABCO
MP*		19		1916			flat, SW	ABCO, SEGI, PILA
WPS		12		2060			S		ABCO, PILA, PIPO, CADE,
									QUKE
WPN		10		2060			N		PILA, ABCO, CADE, PIPO, 
									PSME, QUKE
LPS		7		2090			S		CADE, PILA, ABCO, PIPO
RFS		7		2120			NW		PIJE, PILA, ABCO, QUKE
WTH		8		2425			S		ABCO, PIJE, PILA
Big Stump
GMW		8		1510			S-SE		CADE, PIPO, QUsp
ELP		6		1720			S		QUKE, CADE, PIPO
BS*		21		1894			flat, S, SW	SEGI, ABCO
BSG		13		1930			S-SE		PIJE/PIPO, CADE
ABY		3		1980			SE		ABCO, SEGI, CADE,											PIPO/PIJE, PILA
MNZ		3		2220			W-SW		PIJE, ABCO, ABMA
BRF		6		2450			S-SW		PICO
BKR		4		2530			W		ABMA, ABCO, PIJE
Giant Forest
APR		7		1560			SE, W-NW	PIPO
CMN		6		1685			S		PIPO
CMM		5		1640			S-SE		PILA, PIPO, QUsp
CME		7		1640			SW		PIPO, QUsp, ABCO,  
   									ABMA, CADE
CCR		15		1640			SW		PIPO, CADE
CMW		6		1670			S-W		PIPO, CADE, QUsp
MOR		15		1940			W		PIPO, PIJE
BOW		4		1940			S, SE		PIPO, PIJE
BOE		5		1940			S, SW		PIPO, PIJE
CM*		19		2115			flat, W		ABCO, SEGI, PILA
HUK		6		2000			S, SW		PIJE,PIPO,  PILA
GFP		9		2133			W-SW, N	PIJE, PIPO, PILA
HSR		20		2180			S-SE		PIJE
HMP/LIR	9		2682			W		ABMA, PIMO, PICO
SPR		5		2273			W, SW		PIJE, PIPO, ABCO,

									PILA, QUKE

Mountain Home Transect

MOM		13		1600			SE		QUKE, PIPO

LEE		13		1710			E, N, SE	CADE, ABCO,PIPO, 

    									PILA, QUKE

LEW		7		1730			N, NW, SW	CADE, ABCO, PIPO

     									PILA, QUKE

DEL		7		1875			SE		PIPO, QUKE

BMK		10		1920			S/SE, W	PIPO, ABCO, CADE 

RCP		5		1950			NW		ABCO, PIPO

DEM		20		1970			S/SE		PIPO, ABCO, CADE

MH*		17		2029			all		ABCO, SEGI, PILA

TFP		10		2225			SW		ABCO, PIPO

DEU		12		2042			S		PIPO, ABCO

MMS		9		2560			S		PIJE, ABMA

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1Site codes with an asterisk(*) are within giant sequoia groves.
2Species codes:
ABCO = Abies concolor; ABMA = Abies magnifica; CADE = Calocedrus decurrens; PICO = Pinus contorta; PILA = Pinus lambertiana; PIJE = Pinus jeffreyi; PIMO = Pinus monticola; PIPO = Pinus ponderosa; QUKE = Quercus kelloggii; QUsp = misc. oak species; SEGI = Sequoiadendron giganteum