34 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-07

Site location and description: SW NW Sec.8, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 638-01-002
________Elevation: 4,300 ft
________Exposure: Southeast (Az. 130º)
________Slope: 15%

Habitat type: Thuja plicata/Athyrium filix-femina, Athyrium filix-femina phase
________(Cooper and others 1991); Thuja plicata-Pachistima myrsinites
________(Daubenmire and Daubenmire 1968)

Forest cover type: Western redcedar mature sawtimber (70-100% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Clearcut old western redcedar forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 0.4 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 56.0 cm
________________Basal area: 985 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: RULE, RUPA, SARA, VAME
________Herb component: CIAR, CLUN, DIHO, EPAN, PTAQ, SMST, TROV,
________________VIGL, VIOR

Disturbance treatment:
________Clearcut: Mature western redcedar forest logged some time prior to fire
________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: 3-M
________________Tree overstory (1 tree): Consumed
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to ground level
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 34 -- SD-07

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 34-1 -- SD-07: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 34-1: Life form cover development, SD-07.

___ Table 34-2 -- SD-07: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 34-2: Life form volume development, SD-07.

___ Table 34-3 -- SD-07: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 34-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-07.

___ Table 34-4 -- SD-07: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 34-4: Herb cover development, SD-07.

___ Table 34-5 -- SD-07: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 34-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-07.

___ Table 34-6 -- SD-07: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 34-6: Herb volume development, SD-07.

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