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30 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-03

Site location and description: NW SE Sec.8, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 638-01-003
________Elevation: 3,550 ft
________Exposure: East (Az. 110º)
________Slope: 35%

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

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

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Young conifer forest
________Tree component:
________________Density: 22.5 trees/0.01 ha
________________Conifer: Density: 9.2 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 20.1 cm
________________Basal area: 4 ,644 cm2/0.01 ha
________________POTRE: Density: 13.3 trees/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: AMAL 12%, HODI 44%; SASC 44% (Shrub
________________density: 10 shrubs/0.01 ha); also: ACGL, PAMY, ROGY,
________________RUPA, VAME
________Herb component: APAN, CARU, CLUN, DIHO, LICO, 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: 5-M
________________Tree overstory: Consumed
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to charred stubs
________________Litter: Consumed; Duff: Almost completely consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Charred lower duff to ash-mineral soil


Color Plate: Plate 30 -- SD-03

Adobe PDF Printable Color Plate 30 images (PDF)

Tables and Figures:

___Button Table 30-1 -- SD-03: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___Button Figure 30-1: Life form cover development, SD-03.

___Button Table 30-2 -- SD-03: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m3/.01 ha).
___Button Figure 30-2: Life form volume development, SD-03.

___Button Table 30-3 -- SD-03: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___Button Figure 30-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-03.

___Button Table 30-4 -- SD-03: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___Button Figure 30-4: Herb cover development, SD-03.

___Button Table 30-5 -- SD-03: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m3/.01 ha).
___Button Figure 30-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-03.

___Button Table 30-6 -- SD-03: Volume development of herb species (m3/.01 ha).
___Button Figure 30-6: Herb volume development, SD-03.

Adobe PDF Printable Tables and Figures: 30 -- SD-03 (PDF)


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