38 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-14

Site location and description: NW NE Sec.9, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 636-01-041
________Elevation: 3,400 ft
________Exposure: West (Az. 270º)
________Slope: 40%

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

Forest cover type: Douglas-fir immature poletimber (70-100% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Dense young conifer forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 19.6 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 15.9 cm
________________Basal area: 4,616 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: AMAL, PAMY, ROGY, SASC
________Herb component: CLUN, DIHO, ILRI, PTAQ

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: September 1, 1967; 1930 hrs (Succession year 1:1968)
________Fire intensity: 3,400-22,500 Btu/sec/ft; Rate of spread: 1-6 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 38 -- SD-14

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 38-1 -- SD-14: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 38-1: Life form cover development, SD-14.

___ Table 38-2 -- SD-14: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 38-2: Life form volume development, SD-14.

___ Table 38-3 -- SD-14: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 38-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-14.

___ Table 38-4 -- SD-14: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 38-4: Herb cover development, SD-14.

___ Table 38-5 -- SD-14: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 38-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-14.

___ Table 38-6 -- SD-14: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 38-6: Herb volume development, SD-14.

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