50 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-05

Site location and description: SE NW SE Sec.5, T11N, R18W, PMM;
________NFS Stand: Lolo National Forest (16) 303-01-038
________Elevation: 4,900 ft
________Exposure: Northeast (Az. 55º)
________Slope: 60%

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

Forest cover type: Ponderosa pine mature sawtimber (10-39% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Open forest
________Tree component: PIPO, PSME
________Shrub component: AMAL, PHMA, SPBE
________Herb component: ARCO, CAGE, CARU

Disturbance treatment:
________Logged: Completed June 1972
________Wildfire: August 30, 1972 (Succession year 1:1973)
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 3-M to 5-M
________________Tree overstory: none (logged)
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to charred stubs
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 50 -- PC-05

Printable Color Plate 50 images (PDF)

Tables and Figures:

___ Table 50-1 -- PC-05: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 50-1: Life form cover development, PC-05.

___ Table 50-2 -- PC-05: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 50-2: Life form volume development, PC-05.

___ Table 50-3 -- PC-05: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 50-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-05.

___ Table 50-4 -- PC-05: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 50-4: Herb cover development, PC-05.

___ Table 50-5 -- PC-05: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 50-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-05.

___ Table 50-6 -- PC-05: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 50-6: Herb volume development, PC-05.

Printable Tables and Figures: 50 -- PC-05 (PDF)