48 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-03

Site location and description: NW NE SE Sec.5, T11N, R18W, PMM;
________NFS Stand: Lolo National Forest (16) 303-01-054
________Elevation: 4,900 ft
________Exposure: South (Az. 200º)
________Slope: 55%

Habitat type: Psuedotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Physocarpus
________malvaceus phase

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

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): open forest
________Tree component: PSME
________Shrub component: ACGL 100% (Shrub density 4.4/0.01 ha); also: HODI,
________________PHMA, PRVI, SPBE, SYAL
________Herb component: ARCO, ASCO, BERE, CAGE

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: August 30, 1972 (Succession year 1:1973)
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 3-M
________________Tree overstory: Consumed
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 48 -- PC-03

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 48-1 -- PC-03: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 48-1: Life form cover development, PC-03.

___ Table 48-2 -- PC-03: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 48-2: Life form volume development, PC-03.

___ Table 48-3 -- PC-03: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 48-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-03.

___ Table 48-4 -- PC-03: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 48-4: Herb cover development, PC-03.

___ Table 48-5 -- PC-03: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 48-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-03.

___ Table 48-6 -- PC-03: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 48-6: Herb volume development, PC-03.

Printable Tables and Figures: 48 -- PC-03 (PDF)