21 - Miller Creek Clearcut and Broadcast Burn: 1802-13
Study Area MC-23

Site location and description: NE SW NE Sec.21, T32N, R24W, PMM
________Experimental Burning Unit: West 6
________NFS Stand: Flathead National Forest (10) 805-03-005
________Elevation: 4 300 ft
________Exposure: West (Az. 255º)
________Slope: 15%

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

Predisturbance forest overstory: ABLA 33%, LAOC 16%, PICO 15%, PIEN 1%,
________________PSME 35%
________Stand basal area: 3,788 cm²/0.01 ha

Disturbance treatment:
________Uncut: (burned as standing timber)
________Wildfire: August 23, 1967; Late evening (Succession year 1:1968)
________Fire intensity: No data
________Duff moisture: Lower 56%, Upper 24%
________Postfire duff depth: 0 cm to ? cm of charred duff
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil to scorched litter

Color Plate: Plate 21 -- MC-23

Printable Color Plate 21 images (PDF)

Tables and Figures:

___ Table 21-1 -- MC-23: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 21-1: Life form cover development, MC-23.

___ Table 21-2 -- MC-23: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 21-2: Life form volume development, MC-23.

___ Table 21-3 -- MC-23: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 21-3: Tree and shrub cover development, MC-23.

___ Table 21-4 -- MC-23: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 21-4: Herb cover development, MC-23.

___ Table 21-5 -- MC-23: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 21-5: Tree and shrub volume development, MC-23.

___ Table 21-6 -- MC-23: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 21-6: Herb volume development, MC-23.

Printable Tables and Figures: 21 -- MC-23 (PDF)