Atlantic White-Cedar (<i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i> [L.] B.S.P.) Response Post-Hurricane Disturbance

Abstract Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides [L.] B.S.P.) is considered critically imperiled across much of its range. This species occurs in freshwater swamps, rarely further inland than 160 km from the or Gulf Coasts and susceptible to several natural anthropogenic disturbances (i.e., tropical cyclones, fire, saltwater inundation, overharvesting). As frequency intensity storms increase, understanding regeneration will be critical conservation. study evaluated 14 years after Hurricane Katrina. All ≥2.5 cm at breast height were inventoried within an ~9 ha area located Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge Jackson County, Mississippi, USA. Additionally, competing woody vegetation was surveyed. After Katrina, number stems increased by 191%. long-term provides first analysis post–tropical cyclone disturbance Coast allows conservationists a better effects on this species.