46 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-01

Site location and description: SE NE SE Sec.5, T11N, R18W, PMM;
________NFS Stand: Lolo National Forest (16) 303-01-051
________Elevation: 4,850 ft
________Exposure: Southwest (Az. 215º)
________Slope: 55%

Habitat type: Psuedotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Calamagrostis
________rubescens phase

Forest cover type: Douglas-fir seedling and sapling (10-39% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): open forest
________Tree component: PIPO, PSME
________Shrub component: PHMA 100%; (Shrub density 4.4/0.01 ha); also:
________________AMAL, PRVI, ROGY, SPBE, SYAL
________Herb component: BASA, BERE, CARU, ERGR, LIRU

Disturbance treatment:
________Logged: Completed June 1972
________Wildfire: August 30, 1972 (Succession year 1:1973)
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 1-M to 2-M
________________Tree overstory: none (logged)
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to charred stubs
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 46 -- PC-01

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 46-1 -- PC-01: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 46-1: Life form cover development, PC-01.

___ Table 46-2 -- PC-01: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 46-2: Life form volume development, PC-01.

___ Table 46-3 -- PC-01: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 46-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-01.

___ Table 46-4 -- PC-01: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 46-4: Herb cover development, PC-01.

___ Table 46-5 -- PC-01: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 46-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-01.

___ Table 46-6 -- PC-01: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 46-6: Herb volume development, PC-01.

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