6 - Miller Creek Clearcut and Broadcast Burn: 1802-13
Study Area MC-12

Site location and description: NE NE SE Sec.19, T32N, R24W, PMM
________Experimental Burning Unit: South 1
________NFS Stand: Flathead National Forest (10) 805-03-048
________Elevation: 4,900 ft
________Exposure: Southwest (Az. 206º)
________Slope: 10%

Habitat type: Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora, Xerophyllum tenax phase

Predisturbance forest overstory: ABLA 6%, LAOC 29%, PICO 7%, PIEN 31%,
________________PSME 27%
________Stand basal area: 5,324 cm²/0.01 ha

Disturbance treatment:
________Clearcut: Logged June 1967; Slashed June 30, 1967
________Broadcast burned: May 18, 1968 (Succession year 1:1968)
________Fire intensity: 286 g water loss
________Duff moisture: Lower 135%, Upper 41%
________Postfire duff depth: 4.3 cm (84% of preburn depth)
________Postfire germination substrate: Charred upper duff

Color Plate: Plate 6 -- MC-12

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 6-1 -- MC-12: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 6-1: Life form cover development, MC-12.

___ Table 6-2 -- MC-12: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 6-2: Life form volume development, MC-12.

___ Table 6-3 -- MC-12: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 6-3: Tree and shrub cover development, MC-12.

___ Table 6-4 -- MC-12: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 6-4: Herb cover development, MC-12.

___ Table 6-5 -- MC-12: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 6-5: Tree and shrub volume development, MC-12.

___ Table 6-6 -- MC-12: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 6-6: Herb volume development, MC-12.

Printable Tables and Figures: 6 -- MC-12 (PDF)