29 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-02

Site location and description: SE SE Sec.8, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 638-01-003
________Elevation: 3,300 ft
________Exposure: East (Az. 90º)
________Slope: 20%

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

Forest cover type: Western larch immature poletimber (40-69% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Young paper birch forest
________Tree component (BEPA-conifer):
________________Density: 14.8 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 11.4 cm
________________Basal area: 2,144 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: SASC 10016 (Shrub density: 0.4/0.01 ha); also:
________________ACGL, ALSI, RUPA, SASC
________Herb component: APAN, ARNU, DIHO, PTAQ

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: September 1, 1967; 1800-1900 hrs (Succession year 1:1968)
________Fire intensity: 3,400-11,300 Btu/sec/ft; Rate of spread: 1-2.5 mi/h
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 4-M to 5-M
________________Tree overstory: Mostly consumed, remainder scorch- killed
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to charred stubs
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 29 -- SD-02

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 29-1 -- SD-02: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 29-1: Life form cover development, SD-02.

___ Table 29-2 -- SD-02: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 29-2: Life form volume development, SD-02.

___ Table 29-3 -- SD-02: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 29-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-02.

___ Table 29-4 -- SD-02: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 29-4: Herb cover development, SD-02.

___ Table 29-5 -- SD-02: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 29-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-02.

___ Table 29-6 -- SD-02: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 29-6: Herb volume development, SD-02.

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