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Table. 1 Burned area (ha) of major vegetation classes and their corresponding dNBR burn severity classes

From: Carbon emissions from a temperate coastal peatland wildfire: contributions from natural plant communities and organic soils

Vegetation classes

dNBR fire severity classes (ha)

Total burned area (ha)

Unburned/very low severity

Low severity

Moderate severity

High severity

Shrubland

13.7

44.4

1074.4

4549.7

5682.2

Pine woodland

219.0

1144.1

3012.2

4697.1

9072.4

Pine/hardwood swamp forest

465.7

198.1

339.3

182.7

1185.8

Salt marsh

822.7

433.4

659.1

129.9

2045.1