40 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-16

Site location and description: SW NE Sec.9, T60N, R2W, BM;
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 636-01-009
________Elevation: 3,350 ft
________Exposure: Southwest (Az. 240º)
________Slope: 30%

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

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

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Young conifer forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 13.6 tree/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 15.0 cm
________________Basal area: 3,088 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: ACGL 11%, CESA 17%, ROGY 11%, SASC 56%,
________________SYAL 5% (Shrub density: 7.2/0.01 ha); also: CEVE, PAMY,
________________RUPA, SPBE
________Herb component: APAN, BERE, 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 charred stubs
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 40 -- SD-16

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 40-1 -- SD-16: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 40-1: Life form cover development, SD-16.

___ Table 40-2 -- SD-16: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 40-2: Life form volume development, SD-16.

___ Table 40-3 -- SD-16: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 40-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-16.

___ Table 40-4 -- SD-16: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 40-4: Herb cover development, SD-16.

___ Table 40-5 -- SD-16: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 40-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-16.

___ Table 40-6 -- SD-16: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 40-6: Herb volume development, SD-16.

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