49 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-04

Site location and description: NE NW SE Sec.5, T11N, R18W, PMM;
________NFS Stand: Lolo National Forest (16) 303-01-037
________Elevation: 4,900 ft
________Exposure: East (Az. 75º)
________Slope: 50%

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): Young forest
________Tree component: PSME
________Shrub component: PHMA 50%, SYAL 50% (Shrub density 8.9/0.01 ha);
________________also: ACGL, AMAL, ROGY, SPBE
________Herb component: ARCO, BERE, CARU, ERGR

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: August 30, 1972 (Succession year 1:1973)
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 2-M to 3-M
________________Tree overstory: Consumed
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 49 -- PC-04

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 49-1 -- PC-04: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 49-1: Life form cover development, PC-04.

___ Table 49-2 -- PC-04: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 49-2: Life form volume development, PC-04.

___ Table 49-3 -- PC-04: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 49-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-04.

___ Table 49-4 -- PC-04: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 49-4: Herb cover development, PC-04.

___ Table 49-5 -- PC-04: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 49-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-04.

___ Table 49-6 -- PC-04: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 49-6: Herb volume development, PC-04.

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