45 - Sundance Wildfire: 1802-16
Study Area SD-21

Site location and description: SW SE Sec.20, T60N, R2W, BM;
________NFS Stand: Idaho Panhandle National Forest (04) 639-01-114
________Elevation: 3,450 ft
________Exposure: South (Az. 165º)
________Slope: 25%

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 nonstocked (10% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Willow-bittercherry shrubfield
________Tree component (conifer):
________________Density: 1.6 trees/0.01 ha
________________Ave. dbh: 6.2 cm
________________Basal area: 54 cm²/0.01 ha
________Shrub component: CESA 24%, PREM 32%, ROGY 1%, SASC 43%
________________(Shrub density: 53.6/0.01 ha); also: AMAL, PAMY, RUPA,
________________VAME
________Herb component: APAN, BERE, CARU, CLUN, DIHO, HAEL, LICO,
________________PTAQ, SMST, SOCA, VIOR

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: September 1, 1967; 1900-1930 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 45 -- SD-21

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 45-1 -- SD-21: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 45-1: Life form cover development, SD-21.

___ Table 45-2 -- SD-21: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 45-2: Life form volume development, SD-21.

___ Table 45-3 -- SD-21: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 45-3: Tree and shrub cover development, SD-21.

___ Table 45-4 -- SD-21: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 45-4: Herb cover development, SD-21.

___ Table 45-5 -- SD-21: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 45-5: Tree and shrub volume development, SD-21.

___ Table 45-6 -- SD-21: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 45-6: Herb volume development, SD-21.

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