42 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-18

Site location and description: SE SE Sec.9, T60N, R2W, BM;
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 636-01-011
________Elevation: 3,550 ft
________Exposure: Southwest (Az. 245º)
________Slope: 35%

Habitat type: Abies grandis/Spiraea betulifolia (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): Sapling conifer-paper birch forest
________Tree component: Density: 15.2 trees/0.01 ha
________________Conifer:
________________________Density: 10.8 trees/0.01 ha
________________________Ave. dbh: 10.9 cm
________________________Basal area: 1,391 cm²/0.01 ha
________________BEPA:
________________________Density: 4.4 trees/0.01 ha
________________________Ave. dbh: 11.8 cm
________________________Basal area: 901 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: AMAL 20%, CESA 8%, HODI 6%, PREM 1%,
________________ROGY 11%, SASC 52%, SYAL 2% (Shrub density:
________________40.0/0.01 ha); also: ACGL, CEVE, LOUT, PAMY, RUPA,
________________SPBE, VAME
________Herb component: ACMI, APAN, ASEN, BERE, CARU, DIHO, HAEL,
________________LICO, LUAR, PTAQ, SMRA, SMST, SOCA, THOC, VIOR,
________________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 42 -- SD-18

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 42-1 -- SD-18: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 42-1: Life form cover development, SD-18.

___ Table 42-2 -- SD-18: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 42-2: Life form volume development, SD-18.

___ Table 42-3 -- SD-18: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 42-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-18.

___ Table 42-4 -- SD-18: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 42-4: Herb cover development, SD-18.

___ Table 42-5 -- SD-18: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 42-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-18.

___ Table 42-6 -- SD-18: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 42-6: Herb volume development, SD-18.

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