4 - Miller Creek Clearcut and Broadcast Burn: 1802-13
Study Area MC-10

Site location and description: NE NE NE Sec.30, T32N, R24W, PMM
________Experimental Burning Unit: North 7
________NFS Stand: Flathead National Forest (10) 805-04-019
________Elevation: 4,950 ft
________Exposure: North (Az. 16º)
________Slope: 30%

Habitat type: Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora, Menziesia ferruginea phase

Predisturbance forest overstory: ABLA 13%, LAOC 12%, PICO 10%, PIEN 63%,
________________PSME 2%
________Stand basal area: 6,340 cm²/0.01 ha

Disturbance treatment:
________Clearcut: Logged January 1967; Slashed February 24, 1967
________Broadcast burned: June 18, 1968 (Succession year 1:1968)
________Fire intensity: 242 g water loss
________Duff moisture: Lower 194%, Upper 45%
________Postfire duff depth: 4.5 cm (51% of preburn depth)
________Postfire germniation substrate: Charred upper duff

Color Plate: Plate 4 -- MC-10

Printable Color Plate 4 images (PDF)

Tables and Figures:

___ Table 4-1 -- MC-10: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 4-1: Life form cover development, MC-10.

___ Table 4-2 -- MC-10: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 4-2: Life form volume development, MC-10.

___ Table 4-3 -- MC-10: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 4-3: Tree and shrub cover development, MC-10.

___ Table 4-4 -- MC-10: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 4-4: Herb cover development, MC-10.

___ Table 4-5 -- MC-10: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 4-5: Tree and shrub volume development, MC-10.

___ Table 4-6 -- MC-10: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 4-6: Herb volume development, MC-10.

Printable Tables and Figures: 4 -- MC-10 (PDF)