Table 2.
Biomass Density and Moisture Content of Burn Units.
| Location | Date | Season | Plot Type | Burn Unit/Plot # | Return year | Burn Unit Size (ha) | Biomass Density dry (MT/ha) | Moisture (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konza | 04/01/2021 | Spring | 1-ha* | C3B - 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.5±0.5 | 4.7±1.6 |
| Konza | 03/31/2021 | Spring | 1-ha | C3B - 3 | 4 | 1 | 4.8±0.4 | 5.9±1.4 |
| Konza | 03/31/2021 | Spring | 1-ha | C3B - 7 | 4 | 1 | 4.1±1.1 | 5.6±0.03 |
| Konza | 04/01/2021 | Spring | 1-ha* | C3B - 9 | 4 | 1 | 4.5±1.1 | 5.5±0.9 |
| Konza | 03/31/2021 | Spring | 1-ha | C3B - 10 | 3 | 1 | 3.8±0.3 | 5.9±0.6 |
| Konza | 09/14/2021 | Late summer | 1-ha | C3B - 2 | 4 | 1 | 9.6±1.8 | 42.5±0.9 |
| Konza | 09/14/2021 | Late summer | 1-ha | C3B - 4 | 4 | 1 | 7.2±3.1 | 40.8±1.8 |
| Konza | 09/15/2021 | Late summer | 1-ha | C3B - 5 | 4 | 1 | 2.5±2.7 | 52.8±4.3 |
| Konza | 09/15/2021 | Late summer | 1-ha | C3B - 6 | 4 | 1 | 6.8 | 37.8±1.5 |
| Konza | 09/15/2021 | Late summer | 1-ha | C3B - 8 | 4 | 1 | 8.6 | 36.3±1.0 |
| Konza | 03/15/2017 | Spring | Operational | A-B | 1 | 45 | 6.96 | NA |
| Konza | 03/16/2017 | Spring | Operational | N1A northern half | 1 | 34 | 5.29 | NA |
| Konza | 03/16/2017 | Spring | Operational | K20A | 2 | 83 | 6.23 | NA |
| Konza | 03/17/2017 | Spring | Operational | R1-A | 1 | 2 | 6.96 | NA |
| Konza | 03/17/2017 | Spring | Operational | AL | 1 | 6 | 6.96 | NA |
| Konza | 03/20/2017 | Spring | Operational | N2B | 2 | 119 | NA | 19 |
| Konza | 03/20/2017 | Spring | Operational | N4D | 4 | 136 | NA | NA |
| Konza | 03/20/2017 | Spring | Operational | N1A southern half | 1 | 60 | 5.29 | NA |
| Konza | 11/10/2017 | Fall | Operational | FA | 4 | 11 | 5.57 | NA |
| Konza | 11/10/2017 | Fall | Operational | FB | 4 | 11 | 5.57 | NA |
| Tallgrass | 11/13/2017 | Fall | Operational | South Big/HQ | 3 | 793 | NA | NA |
| Tallgrass | 11/13/2017 | Fall | Operational | North Red House | 1 | <380 | 5.39 | NA |
| Tallgrass | 11/15/2017 | Fall | Operational | Red House/Crusher Hill | 1 | <380 | 5.39 | NA |
| Emporia | 04/01/2019 | Spring | Operational | Ranch | 1 | NA | 3.10 | 34 |
| Konza | 04/02/2019 | Spring | Operational | N2B | 2 | 119 | 2.17 | 19 |
| Konza | 04/02/2019 | Spring | Operational | 4F | 4 | NA | 4.27 | 27 |
| Konza | 04/01/2021 | Spring | Operational | R1-A | 1 | NA | NA | NA |
AL = agricultural land/lowlands, C = cattle grazing. K = King’s Creek areas, N = Native grazer – area open to bison, F = Fall burn (Nov, annually), R = Fire treatment reversals. 1, 2, 4, 20 = years between burning. C3B = Cattle, 3-year interval, patch burn sequence. Burn delayed one year due to COVID resulting in 4 years between burns (one plot was 3 y). NA = not available. Range of data one standard deviation.
*
=Partial backfire.