43 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-19

Site location and description: SW NE Sec.30, T60N, R2W, BM;
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 639-01-001
________Elevation: 4,250 ft
________Exposure: Southeast (Az. 115º)
________Slope: 25%

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

Forest cover type: Western white pine immature pole (70-100% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Dense young conifer forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 29.2 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 13.7 cm
________________Basal area: 5,477 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: ALSI 71%, SASC 29% (Shrub density: 2.8/0.01 ha);
________________also: AMAL, LOUT, PAMY, RUPA
________Herb component: APAN, PTAQ, PYPI, 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 43 -- SD-19

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 43-1 -- SD-19: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 43-1: Life form cover development, SD-19.

___ Table 43-2 -- SD-19: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 43-2: Life form volume development, SD-19.

___ Table 43-3 -- SD-19: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 43-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-19.

___ Table 43-4 -- SD-19: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 43-4: Herb cover development, SD-19.

___ Table 43-5 -- SD-19: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 43-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-19.

___ Table 43-6 -- SD-19: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 43-6: Herb volume development, SD-19.

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