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Table 1--Occurrence and frequency of presettlement fire regime types by SAF cover types

	Understory fire regime	Mixed fire regime	Stand replacement fire regime
	Frequency (Years)
Vegetation Community
Longleaf Pine	1 to 4
Slash Pine	1 to 4
Loblolly Pine	1 to 4
Shortleaf Pine	2 to 15
Oak-Hickory	<35
Pond Pine		6 to 25
Pitch and Virginia Pines		10 to 35
Table Mountain Pine		<200
Mixed Mesophytic		2 to 3
Bottomland Hardwoods		<200
Sand Pine			25 to 60
Bay Forests			20 to 100
Atlantic White Cedar			35 to 200
Northern Hardwoods			300 to 500

Source: modified from Table 4-1, p. 54-55 in Wade and others 2000

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