32 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-05

Site location and description: NE SW Sec.8, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 638-01-002
________Elevation: 3,950 ft
________Exposure: East (Az. 110º)
________Slope: 25%

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 conifer forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 14.4 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 12.8 cm
________________Basal area: 2,571 cm²/0.01 ha; also: POTRE
________Shrub component: ALSI 60%, RUPA 20%, SASC 20% (Shrub
________________density: 2.0/0.01 ha); also: ACGL, ALSI, PAMY, ROGY,
________________RUPA, SASC, SOSC, VAME
________Herb component: ADBI, APAN, CLUN, DIHO, LICO, PTAQ, SMST,
________________THOC

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: September 1, 1967; 1800 hrs (Succession year 1:1968)
________Fire intensity: 11,300 Btu/sec/ft; Rate of spread: 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 32 -- SD-05

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 32-1 -- SD-05: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 32-1: Life form cover development, SD-05.

___ Table 32-2 -- SD-05: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 32-2: Life form volume development, SD-05.

___ Table 32-3 -- SD-05: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 32-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-05.

___ Table 32-4 -- SD-05: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 32-4: Herb cover development, SD-05.

___ Table 32-5 -- SD-05: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 32-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-05.

___ Table 32-6 -- SD-05: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 32-6: Herb volume development, SD-05.

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