36 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-09

Site location and description: NW NW Sec.8, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 637-01-003
________Elevation: 4,100 ft
________Exposure: North (Az. 0º)
________Slope: 45%

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

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

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Open young conifer forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 3.2 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 34.5 cm
________________Basal area: 3,335 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: LOUT, OPHO, RULE, RUPA, VAME
________Herb component: ADBI, APAN, ARLA, CLUN, DIHO, PTAQ, PYSE,
________________TITR, TRCA, VIGL, XETE

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 ground level
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 36 -- SD-09

Printable Color Plate 36 images (PDF)

Tables and Figures:

___ Table 36-1 -- SD-09: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 36-1: Life form cover development, SD-09.

___ Table 36-2 -- SD-09: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 36-2: Life form volume development, SD-09.

___ Table 36-3 -- SD-09: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 36-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-09.

___ Table 36-4 -- SD-09: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 36-4: Herb cover development, SD-09.

___ Table 36-5 -- SD-09: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 36-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-09.

___ Table 36-6 -- SD-09: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 36-6: Herb volume development, SD-09.

Printable Tables and Figures: 36 -- SD-09 (PDF)