44 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-20

Site location and description: SE NW Sec.29, T60N, R2W, BM;
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 639-01-002
________Elevation: 3,800 ft
________Exposure: North (Az. 340º)
________Slope: 40%

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

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

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Dense young conifer forest
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 32.0 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 8.2 cm
________________Basal area: 2,384 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: SASC 100% (Shrub density: 3.6/0.01 ha); also: ACGL,
________________PANY, ROGY, RUPA, SPBE
________Herb component: ARLA, CLUN, DIHO, LICO, PTAQ

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 44 -- SD-20

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 44-1 -- SD-20: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 44-1: Life form cover development, SD-20.

___ Table 44-2 -- SD-20: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 44-2: Life form volume development, SD-20.

___ Table 44-3 -- SD-20: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 44-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-20.

___ Table 44-4 -- SD-20: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 44-4: Herb cover development, SD-20.

___ Table 44-5 -- SD-20: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 44-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-20.

___ Table 44-6 -- SD-20: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 44-6: Herb volume development, SD-20.

Printable Tables and Figures: 44 -- SD-20 (PDF)