16 - Miller Creek Clearcut and Broadcast Burn: 1802-13
Study Area MC-20

Site location and description: NE NE NW Sec.20, T32N, R24W, PMM
________Experimental Burning Unit: West 3
________NFS Stand: Flathead National Forest (10) 804-03-019
________Elevation: 4,700 ft
________Exposure: West (Az. 255º)
________Slope: 55%

Habitat type: Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora, Aralia nudicaulis phase

Predisturbance forest overstory: ABLA 34%, LAOC 26%, PICO 4%, PIEN 26%,
________________PSME10%
________Stand basal area: 2,173 cm²/0.01 ha

Disturbance treatment:
________Clearcut: Logged October 1967; Slashed October 25, 1967
________Broadcast burned: September 30, 1968 (Succession year 1:1969)
________Fire intensity: 423 g water loss
________Duff moisture: Lower 179%, Upper 65%
________Postfire duff depth: 4.5 cm (89% of preburn depth)
________Postfire germination substrate: Charred upper duff

Color Plate: Plate 16 -- MC-20

Printable Color Plate 16 images (PDF)

Tables and Figures:

___ Table 16-1 -- MC-20: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 16-1: Life form cover development, MC-20.

___ Table 16-2 -- MC-20: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 16-2: Life form volume development, MC-20.

___ Table 16-3 -- MC-20: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 16-3: Tree and shrub cover development, MC-20.

___ Table 16-4 -- MC-20: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 16-4: Herb cover development, MC-20.

___ Table 16-5 -- MC-20: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 16-5: Tree and shrub volume development, MC-20.

___ Table 16-6 -- MC-20: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 16-6: Herb volume development, MC-20.

Printable Tables and Figures: 16 -- MC-20 (PDF)