35 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-08

Site location and description: NW NW Sec.8, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 637-01-003
________Elevation: 4,150 ft
________Exposure: Northwest (Az. 320º)
________Slope: 50%

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

Forest cover type: Western hemlock mature sawtimber (40-69% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Clearcut conifer forest
________Tree component: none
________Shrub component: RULE 75%, SARA 25% (Shrub density: 1.6/0.01 ha);
________________also: RUPA, VAME
________Herb component: ADBI, CIAR, CLUN, DIHO, EQAR, PTAQ, TITR,
________________TRCA, VIGL, VIOR

Disturbance treatment:
________Clearcut: Sawtimber 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: none (logged)
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to ground level
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 35 -- SD-08

Printable Color Plate 35 images (PDF)

Tables and Figures:

___ Table 35-1 -- SD-08: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 35-1: Life form cover development, SD-08.

___ Table 35-2 -- SD-08: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 35-2: Life form volume development, SD-08.

___ Table 35-3 -- SD-08: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 35-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-08.

___ Table 35-4 -- SD-08: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 35-4: Herb cover development, SD-08.

___ Table 35-5 -- SD-08: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 35-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-08.

___ Table 35-6 -- SD-08: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 35-6: Herb volume development, SD-08.

Printable Tables and Figures: 35 -- SD-08 (PDF)