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Ecological Effects of Fire Retardant
Chemicals and Fire Suppressant Foams

Table 2

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Summary of Treatment Effects in Riparian and Upland Habitat. Entries in the table refer to treatments that differed significantly from the control in at least one sample period, or at the end of the study; U = unburned plots, B = burned plots.

Variable measured		Riparian				Upland
		0.5% Silv-Ex	1.0% Silv-Ex	Phos-Chek	End1	0.5% Silv-Ex	1.0% Silv-Ex	Phos-Chek	End1
Chrysothamnus vicidiflorus
Growth	June	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	July	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Total plants	June	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	July	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Resprouts	June	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	July	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Change in stems/m2	June	---	U	U	1%U	---	---	---	---
	July	---	U	U	---	---	---	---	---
Change in species richness	June	---	---	U	---	---	---	---	---
	July	---	---	U	---	---	---	---	---
Change in species evenness	June	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	July	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Change in species diversity	June	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	July	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Artemesia tridentata
Growth		---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Flower length		---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Number of galls		---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

¹ Effect present at end of study; 1% = 1.0% Silv-Ex; 0.5% = 0.5% Silv-Ex.

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