39 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-15

Site location and description: NE NE Sec.9, T60N, R2W, BM
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 636-01-041
________Elevation: 3,450 ft
________Exposure: Southwest (Az. 225º)
________Slope: 30%

Habitat type: Abies grandis/Spiraea betulifolia (Cooper and others 1991); Abies
________grandis-Pachistima myrsinites (Daubenmire and Daubenmire 1968)

Forest cover type: Douglas-fir immature poletimber (40-69% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Shrub opening in young forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 7.2 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 12.6 cm
________________Basal area: 1,132 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: ACGL 5%, AMAL 34%, ROGY 4%, SASC 41%,
________________SYAL 16% (Shrub density: 17.6/0.01 ha; also: CESA, HODI,
________________LOUT, PAMY, PREM, SOSC, SPBE
________Herb component: APAN, ARCO, BERE, CARU, HAEL, LUAR, SMST,
________________XETE

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 charred stubs
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 39 -- SD-15

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 39-1 -- SD-15: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 39-1: Life form cover development, SD-15.

___ Table 39-2 -- SD-15: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 39-2: Life form volume development, SD-15.

___ Table 39-3 -- SD-15: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 39-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-15.

___ Table 39-4 -- SD-15: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 39-4: Herb cover development, SD-15.

___ Table 39-5 -- SD-15: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 39-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-15.

___ Table 39-6 -- SD-15: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 39-6: Herb volume development, SD-15.

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