41 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-17

Site location and description: SE SE Sec.9, T60N, R2W, BM;
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 636-01-043
________Elevation: 3,650 ft
________Exposure: Southwest (Az. 240º)
________Slope: 30%

Habitat type: Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus, Physocarpus malvaceus phase
________(Cooper and others 1991); Abies grandis-Pachistima myrsinites (Daubenmire
________and Daubenmire 1968)

Forest cover type: Western larch immature poletimber (10-39% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Willow-redstem shrubfield
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 1.6 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 3.5 cm
________________Basal area: 18 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: ACGL 2%, AMAL 15%, CESA 21%, HODI 141%,
________________PREM 3%, ROGY 1%, SASC 39%, SYAL 5% (Shrub density:
________________50.0/0.01 ha); also: CEVE, LOUT, PAMY, SPBE, VAME
________Herb component: ACMI, ARCO, ASCO, ASEN, BERE, CAAP, CAGE,
________________CARU, CLUN, DIHO, HAEL, LICO, LUAR, SOCA, THOC,
________________XETE

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: September 1, 1967; 1930-2000 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 41 -- SD-17

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 41-1 -- SD-17: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 41-1: Life form cover development, SD-17.

___ Table 41-2 -- SD-17: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 41-2: Life form volume development, SD-17.

___ Table 41-3 -- SD-17: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 41-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-17.

___ Table 41-4 -- SD-17: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 41-4: Herb cover development, SD-17.

___ Table 41-5 -- SD-17: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 41-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-17.

___ Table 41-6 -- SD-17: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 41-6: Herb volume development, SD-17.

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