28 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-01

Site location and description: NW SW Sec.9, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 638-01-013
________Elevation: 2,950 ft
________Exposure: East (Az. 100º)
________Slope: 20%

Habitat type: Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora, Xerophyllum tenax phase
________(Cooper and others 1991); Tsuga heterophylla-Pachistima myrsinites
________(Daubenmire and Daubenmire 1968)

Forest cover type: Western larch seedling and sapling (40-69% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Young conifer forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 11.6 tree/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 15.2 cm
________________Basal area: 4,298 cm²/0.01 ha; also BEPA
________Shrub component: ALSI 50%, SASC 50% (Shrub density: 0.8/0.01 ha);
________________also: ACGL, AMAL, HODI, PAMY, SASC, SOSC, SPBE,
________________VAME
________Herb component: APAN, CARU, CLUN, DIHO, HAEL, LICO, PTAQ,
________________RUAC, VIOR, XETE

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: September 1, 1967; 1900-1930 hrs (Succession year 1:1968)
________Fire intensity: 3,400-22,500 Btu/sec/ft; Rate of spread: 1-6 mi/h
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 5-M
________________Tree overstory: Consumed
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to charred stubs
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 28 -- SD-01

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 28-1 -- SD-01: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 28-1: Life form cover development, SD-01.

___ Table 28-2 -- SD-01: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 28-2: Life form volume development, SD-01.

___ Table 28-3 -- SD-01: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 28-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-01.

___ Table 28-4 -- SD-01: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 28-4: Herb cover development, SD-01.

___ Table 28-5 -- SD-01: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 28-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-01.

___ Table 28-6 -- SD-01: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 28-6: Herb volume development, SD-01.

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