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The xeric sandhills on Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge have a monospecific overstory of longleaf pine and an understory dominated by turkey oak and wiregrass. The understory vegetation is spatially heterogeneous within stands, with small patches dominated by either t…

Wildland fires at varying intensities and frequencies are a critical ecological process across ecosystems within the western United States. However, in the recent decade, with 2020 being the largest wildfire season on record in California’s modern history, there is an urgency to…